breviloquent
[ bre-vil-uh-kwuhnt ]
/ brɛˈvɪl ə kwənt /
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.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTOrigin of breviloquent
First recorded in 1895–1900; brevi- + Latinloquent-, stem of loquēns, present participle of loquī “to speak”
OTHER WORDS FROM breviloquent
brev·il·o·quence, nounbrev·il·o·quent·ly, adverbWords nearby breviloquent
brevi-, breviary, brevicaudate, brevicollis, brevier, breviloquent, brevipennate, brevirostrate, brevity, brevity is the soul of wit, brew
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