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View synonyms for breviloquent
breviloquent
[ bre-vil-uh-kwuhnt ]
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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- brev·il·o·quence noun
- brev·il·o·quent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of breviloquent1
First recorded in 1895–1900; brevi- ( def ) + Latin loquent-, stem of loquēns, present participle of loquī “to speak”
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