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adjective
1.
shortened; made briefer: The rain led to an abbreviated picnic.
2.
(of clothing) scanty; barely covering the body: an abbreviated bathing suit.
3.
constituting a shorter or smaller version of: The large car was an abbreviated limousine.
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Abbreviated
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| given to using long words. |
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verb (used with object)
1.
to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase, as ft. for foot, ab. for about, R.I. for Rhode Island, NW for Northwest, or Xn for Christian.
2.
to reduce (anything) in length, duration, etc.; make briefer: to abbreviate a speech.
verb (used without object)
3.
to use abbreviations.
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| abbreviated | |
adjective | |
| 1. | (of clothing) very short; "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini" |
| 2. | cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" |
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