Pronounced: aye-SON-uh-mee, noun
Notes: I recognized parts of the word, but I couldn’t define it
Yesterday’s word
The word breviloquence means “speaking briefly and concisely”
First usage
This word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from the Latin word breviloquentia, which comes from brevis (short) and loquentia (speaking). You would get the word right if you saw the words “brevity” and “loquaciousness” in our word.
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