Meanings
- rhetoricuncountablebrevity in speech.
I have modified Irwin's presentation (with each speech on a separate line), following rather the way that Dodds presents the Greek, to give a better sense of the rapidity of brachyologia.
2009, Daniel Boyarin, Socrates & the fat rabbis, page 105Synonyms: brachyology, terseness, laconicism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounbrevity in speech.
Origin
- Ancient Greekβραχύς“short”
- Englishbrachiologia
From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). Compare brachylogy.
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brachiologia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brachiologia
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