breviloquent

 
Breviloquent describes using as few words as possible to get a message across. It applies to punchy speeches, crisp writing, and any moment where less is more. When restraint makes the message sharper, breviloquent is the word.

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< lat. breviloquentia „Kuerze im Ausdruck“; zu brevis „kurz“ + loqui „sprechen“

Gedrae;ngte K;rze in der Rede
(griech., lat. Breviloquentia),** gedraengte Kuerze in der Rede**, besonders aber eine rhetorische
2] Fig ur, nach welcher ein zur Darstellung eines Gedankens erforderliches Element scheinbar ausgelassen ist, indem dasselbe auf irgend eine Weise im Satz versteckt liegt.

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breviloquent
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[bre-vil-uh-kwuhnt]
/ br;;v;l ; kw;nt /
adjective
speaking or expressed in a concise or terse style; using brevity of speech.

In the memorial to her family, references to her brother were tellingly breviloquent.

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Other Word Forms
breviloquence noun
breviloquently adverb
Etymology
Origin of breviloquent
First recorded in 1895–1900; brevi- ( def. ) + Latin loquent-, stem of loqu;ns, present participle of loqu; “to speak”

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For the better part of 30 years, men’s shorts have been inching away from their own breviloquent description.

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