breviloquence rare.
(brɪˈvɪləkwəns)
[ad. L. breviloquentia, f. brevi-s short + loquentia speaking.]
Brevity of speech; laconism.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Breviloquence..a brief or short form of speaking. 1678 Phillips, Breviloquence (Lat., a short discourse, a speaking in brief. 1721 in Bailey. [Not in Johnson.] 1863 J. Murphy Comm. Gen. xli. 13 A specimen of pithy breviloquence. |