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单词 brachylogy
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Definition of brachylogy in English:

brachylogy

noun brəˈkɪlədʒi
mass nounrare

  • Excessive briefness in speech or writing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another difficulty for a reader lies in his use of brachylogy.
    • Herder is again using brachylogy here: "there must awaken" is really short for "the more there must awaken".
    • The prevailing principle of the composition seems to have been the employment of the fewest words, thus rendering the work a constant brachylogy.
    • A subject that is a part of an idiom may also be omitted by brachylogy.
    • The persistent use of brachylogy, especially in the omission of principal verbs, justifies Photius' label 'aphoristic'.
    Synonyms
    conciseness, concision, succinctness, economy of language, compendiousness, shortness, briefness, pithiness, pith, incisiveness, crispness, compactness, compression

Origin

Mid 16th century: from late Latin brachylogia, from Greek brakhulogia (see brachy-, -logy).
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