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brachylogy
bra·chyl·o·gy B0440800 (bră-kĭl′ə-jē)n. pl. bra·chyl·o·gies 1. Brevity of speech; conciseness.2. A shortened or condensed phrase or expression.
[Medieval Latin brachylogia, from Greek brakhulogiā : brakhu-, brachy- + logos, speech; see -logy.]brachylogy (bræˈkɪlədʒɪ) n, pl -gies1. a concise style in speech or writing2. (Grammar) a colloquial shortened form of expression that is not the result of a regular grammatical process: the omission of "good" in the expression "Afternoon" is a brachylogy. braˈchylogous adjbrachylogythe practice of conciseness in speech or writing.See also: Brevity |