Etymology

brachyology

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Today it means: A figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression, for example, the omission of "good" from "good morning!" (resulting in the abbreviated greeting "morning!"). Full definition →

Late Latin brachiologia ← Ancient Greek βραχύς
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβραχύς“short”
  2. Late Latin · derived frombrachiologia
  3. English todaybrachyology

From Late Latin brachiologia, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “speech”); compare brachylogy.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβραχύς all →

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