Brachylogy

//bɹæˈkɪl.ə.d͡ʒi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Concise speech; laconism. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!" countable, rhetoric, uncountable

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brevitycurtnessreserve

Etymology

From Late Latin brachylogia from Ancient Greek βραχυλογία (brakhulogía), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “speech”), equivalent to brachy- + -logy; compare brachyology.

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