pauˈciloquy rare.
[ad. L. pauciloqui-um a speaking but little (Plautus), f. pauci- + -loquium, f. loquī to speak.]
The utterance of few words; sparingness of speech.
| 1623 Cockeram, Pauciloquie, few words. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xx. ccii, Fear no Discredit by Pauciloquie. 1658 Phillips, Pauciloquy, a speaking few words, little talk. 1721 in Bailey. 1755 in Johnson. |