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View synonyms for breviloquent

breviloquent

[ bre-vil-uh-kwuhnt ]

adjective

  1. speaking or expressed in a concise or terse style; using brevity of speech:

    In the memorial to her family, references to her brother were tellingly breviloquent.



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  • brev·il·o·quence noun
  • brev·il·o·quent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of breviloquent1

First recorded in 1895–1900; brevi- ( def ) + Latin loquent-, stem of loquēns, present participle of loquī “to speak”

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