brachiologia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “study”). Compare brachylogy.

Noun

brachiologia (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Brevity in speech.
   • 2009, Daniel Boyarin, Socrates & the fat rabbis, page 105:

     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.

Synonyms

• (brevity in speech): brachyology, terseness, laconicism