breviloquent
[ bre-vil-uh-kwuhnt ]
/ brɛˈvɪl ə kwənt /
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.
Origin of breviloquent
First recorded in 1895–1900;
brevi- + Latin
loquent-, stem of
loquēns, present participle of
loquī “to speak”
OTHER WORDS FROM breviloquent
brev·il·o·quence, noun brev·il·o·quent·ly, adverbWords nearby breviloquent
brevi-,
breviary,
brevicaudate,
brevicollis,
brevier,
breviloquent,
brevipennate,
brevirostrate,
brevity,
brevity is the soul of wit,
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