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Webster 1913 Edition

Brachylogy

Bra-chyl′o-gy

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] :

βραχύσ

short + [GREEK] discourse: cf. F.

brachylogie

.]

(Rhet.)

Conciseness of expression; brevity.

Webster 1828 Edition

Brachylogy

BRACHYL'OGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. short, and expression.] In rhetoric, the expressing of any thing in the most concise manner.

Definition 2024

brachylogy

brachylogy

English

Alternative forms

brachyology, brachylogia

Noun

brachylogy ‎(uncountable)

concise speech; laconism
(rhetoric) 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!" (brachyology).

Hyponyms

(rhetoric): zeugma, syllepsis, apokoinou, compendious comparison, praegnans constructio, asyndeton, aposiopesis

Translations

concise speech

French: brachylogie (fr) f
German: Brachylogie f
Greek: βραχυλογία (el) f ‎(vrachylogía)
Italian: brachilogia f

Malay: brakilogi
Spanish: braquilogía f
Swedish: brakylogi c

See also

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