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.
Nearby words
brevi-, breviary, brevicaudate, brevicollis, brevier, breviloquent, brevipennate, brevirostrate, brevity, brevity is the soul of wit, brew
Origin of breviloquent
First recorded in 1895–1900; brevi- + Latinloquent-, stem of loquēns, present participle of loquī “to speak”
Related forms
brev·il·o·quence, nounbrev·il·o·quent·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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