"brachylogy" meaning in English

See brachylogy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɹæˈkɪl.ə.d͡ʒi/ Forms: brachylogies [plural]
enPR: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|brachylogia}} Late Latin brachylogia, {{der|en|grc|βραχυλογία}} Ancient Greek βραχυλογία (brakhulogía), {{af|grc|βραχύς|-λογία|nocat=1|t1=short|t2=speech}} βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “speech”), {{af|en|brachy-|-logy}} brachy- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brachylogy (countable and uncountable, plural brachylogies)
  1. Concise speech; laconism. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (concise speech): brachylogie [feminine] (French), Brachylogie [feminine] (German), βραχυλογία (vrachylogía) [feminine] (Greek), brachilogia [feminine] (Italian), brachylogia [feminine] (Latin), brakilogi (Malay), braquilogia [feminine] (Portuguese), brachylógia [feminine] (Slovak), braquilogía [feminine] (Spanish), brakylogi [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-brachylogy-en-noun-ZNtEx9Vj Disambiguation of 'concise speech': 99 1
  2. (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!" Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-brachylogy-en-noun-XOt2zNrS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with brachy-, English terms suffixed with -logy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with brachy-: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brachyology, brachylogia Hyponyms: zeugma [rhetoric], syllepsis [rhetoric], apokoinou [rhetoric], compendious comparison [rhetoric], praegnans constructio [rhetoric], asyndeton [rhetoric], aposiopesis [rhetoric] Related terms: ellipsis
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