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breviloquent

[ bre-vil-uh-kwuhnt ]
/ brɛˈvɪl ə kwənt /
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adjective

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.

RELATED WORDS

terse, brusque, pithy, precise, short-lived, brief, abbreviated, sharp, straight, curt, blunt, concise, hasty, succinct, arbitrary, cursory, cryptic, incisive, laconic, elliptical

Nearby words

  1. brevi-,
  2. breviary,
  3. brevicaudate,
  4. brevicollis,
  5. brevier,
  6. brevipennate,
  7. brevirostrate,
  8. brevity,
  9. brevity is the soul of wit,
  10. brew

Origin of breviloquent

First recorded in 1895–1900; brevi- + Latinloquent-, stem of loquēns, present participle of loquī “to speak”
Related formsbrev·il·o·quence, nounbrev·il·o·quent·ly, adverb
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