pauciloquy

Meaning

Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.

Synonyms

laconism

brachylogy

Translations

λακωνικότητα

laconismo

laconismo

özlü anlatım

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɔːˈsɪləkwi/

Etymology

From the Classical Latin pauciloquium (“the fact of speaking few words”), from paucus (“little, few”) + loquor (“to speak”). Structurally pauci- + -loquy.