brachiologia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). Compare brachylogy.
Noun[edit]
brachiologia (uncountable)
- (rhetoric) Brevity in speech.
- 2009, Daniel Boyarin, Socrates & the fat rabbis, page 105:
- I have modified Irwin's presentation (with each speech on a separate line), following rather the way that Dodds presents the Greek, to give a better sense of the rapidity of brachyologia.
Synonyms[edit]
- (brevity in speech): brachyology, terseness, laconicism