brachylogy

American  

[bruh-kil-uh-jee] / brəˈkɪl ə dʒi /

noun

• brachylogies
  plural

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

2. an instance of this; a concise expression.

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brachylogy British  

/ bræˈkɪlədʒɪ /

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 Word Forms

Derived Forms

• brachylogous
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• brachylogies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brachylogy

First recorded in 1615–25; from Greek brachylogía “brevity in speech or writing”; see origin at brachy-, -logy