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bra·chyl·o·gy (br

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n. pl. bra·chyl·o·gies

1. Brevity of speech; conciseness.

2. A shortened or condensed phrase or expression.

[Medieval Latin brachylogia, from Greek brakhulogi : brakhu-, brachy- + logos, speech; see -logy.]

brachylogy [bræˈkɪlədʒɪ]

n pl -gies

1. a concise style in speech or writing

2. (Linguistics / Grammar) a colloquial shortened form of expression that is not the result of a regular grammatical process the omission of ``good'' in the expression ``Afternoon'' is a brachylogy

brachylogous adj

brachylogy

the practice of conciseness in speech or writing.

See also: Brevity

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