Definitions For Brachylogy

Noun

BRACHYLOGY (uncountable) concise speech; laconism (rhetoric) 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!"

Hyponyms

rhetoric zeugma, syllepsis, apokoinou, compendious comparison, praegnans constructio, asyndeton, aposiopesis

Translations

French: brachylogie, f German: Brachylogie, f Greek: βραχυλογία, f, sc=Grek Italian: brachilogia, f Malay: brakilogi Portuguese: braquilogia, f Slovak: brachylógia, f Spanish: braquilogía, f Swedish: brakylogi, c

Alternative forms

brachyology, brachylogia

Etymology

From {{confix, en, brachy, logy}}, from (Ancient Greek)  βραχυλογία, from βραχύς, , short + λογία, , speech; compare brachyology.

See also

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