brachylogy

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brachylogy

/bɹæˈkɪl.ə.d͡ʒi/

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

noun brachylogies · brachyology · brachylogia

countable, uncountable Concise speech; laconism.
countable, rhetoric, uncountable 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!"

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Español	braquilogía
Português	braquilogia
Français	brachylogie
Deutsch	Brachylogie
Italiano	brachilogia
Ελληνικά	βραχυλογία vrachylogía

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@misc{brachylogy_2026,
  title = {brachylogy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brachylogy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}