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brachyologies

brachyologies is the plural of brachyology.

Meaning of brachyology

Noun

brachyology (plural brachyologies)

  1. (especially) A figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression, for example, the omission of "good" from "good morning!" (resulting in the abbreviated greeting "morning!").
    • In the words [...of] Acts x. 39. there might be a brachyology, in case the sense were: we are witnesses of all that he did, of this also, that they put him to death. But such an omission is not necessary.1840, Georg Benedikt Winer, A grammar of the idioms of the Greek language of the New Testament, translated from German to English by J. H. Agnew and O. G. Ebbeke, page 442

Questions about brachyologies

What is brachyologies the plural of?
Brachyologies is the plural of brachyology.

Words near brachyologies in the dictionary

  1. brachymorphs
  2. brachymorphy
  3. brachyodont
  4. brachyolmia
  5. brachyolmias
  6. brachyologies
  7. brachyology
  8. brachyonychia
  9. brachyopid
  10. brachyopids
  11. brachyopoid

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