Dictionary

brachylogy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bɹæˈkɪl.ə.d͡ʒi/
• bră-kĭlʹə-jē

Etymology

From Late Latin brachylogia from Ancient Greek βραχυλογία (brakhulogía), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “speech”), equivalent to brachy- + -logy; compare brachyology.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Concise speech; laconism.
2. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"

Forms

Hyponyms

compendious comparison · aposiopesis · praegnans constructio · apokoinou · syllepsis · asyndeton · zeugma

Relateds

ellipsis

Translations (10)

pt braquilogia (concise speech) · es braquilogía (concise speech) · ms brakilogi (concise speech) · fr brachylogie (concise speech) · la brachylogia (concise speech) · it brachilogia (concise speech) · el βραχυλογία (concise speech) · sk brachylógia (concise speech) · de Brachylogie (concise speech) · sv brakylogi (concise speech)