breviloquent

[ bre-vil-uh-kwuhnt ]
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adjective
  1. speaking or expressed in a concise or terse style; using brevity of speech: In the memorial to her family, references to her brother were tellingly breviloquent.

Origin of breviloquent

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; brevi- + Latin loquent-, stem of loquēns, present participle of loquī “to speak”

Other words from breviloquent

  • brev·il·o·quence, noun
  • brev·il·o·quent·ly, adverb

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