brachylogy

Meaning

1. Concise speech; laconism.
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!"

Synonyms

laconism

pauciloquy

Translations

βραχυλογία

brachilogia

brachylogie

laconismo

laconismo

braquilogía

Brachylogie

özlü anlatım

λακωνικότητα

Hyphenated as

bra‧chyl‧o‧gy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹæˈkɪl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

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