brachylogy
noun/bɹæˈkɪl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Etymology From Late Latin brachylogia from Ancient Greek βραχυλογία (brakhulogía), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “speech”), equivalent to brachy- + -logy; compare brachyology.
1
Concise speech; laconism.
2
Rhetoric Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"
- Related terms
- ellipsis
- Hyponyms
- zeugma, syllepsis, apokoinou, compendious comparison, praegnans constructio, asyndeton, aposiopesis