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brachylogy

[bruh-kil-uh-jee]

noun

plural

brachylogies 

  1. brevity of diction; concise or abridged form of expression.

  2. an instance of this; a concise expression.

brachylogy

/ æˈɪəɪ /

noun

  1. a concise style in speech or writing

  2. 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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˈDzdzܲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brachylogy1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Greek Dzí “brevity in speech or writing”; brachy-, -logy

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