Breviloquent
/ˌbrɛvɪˈloʊkwənt/noun
Speaking or expressed in few words; concise.
Did you know?Breviloquent is a learned Latin-style formation built from the same root as *brief* and *brevity*, and its second half comes from the same Indo-European speech-root behind *eloquent* and *loquacious*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷereh₁-
“short, brief”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁lekʷ-
“to speak”
Latin
Latin
brevis
“short”
Latin
Latin
loquī
“to speak”
Late Latin / Learned English
Latin/English
breviloquent-
“speaking briefly”
Modern English
English
breviloquent
“using few words; concise”
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