Pauciloquy
//pɔːˈsɪləkwi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism. uncommon, uncountable
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From the Classical Latin pauciloquium (“the fact of speaking few words”), from paucus (“little, few”) + loquor (“to speak”). Structurally pauci- + -loquy.
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