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brachylogy

[bruh-kil-uh-jee]

noun, plural bra·chyl·o·gies.

brevity of diction; concise or abridged form of expression.

Origin:
1615–25; < Greek brachylogía brevity in speech. See brachy-, -logy

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brachylogy (bræˈkɪlədʒɪ)

—n , pl -gies
1.	a concise style in speech or writing
2.	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

bra'chylogous

—*adj*

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