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brachyology

brachyology noun: a figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression, for example, the omission of "good" from "good morning!" (resulting in the abbreviated greeting "morning!").

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
    • So also in Ps 118²⁷ the preposition עד might include the verb ‘come,’ which connects itself so naturally with ‘until,’ and a poetical mode of expression, which is naturally disposed to vivid brachyology (cf. Ps 118), might discover a self-evident point in the circumstance that not the victims...1900 September, Ed. König, “Psalm cxviii 27b”, in James Hastings (editor), The Expository Times, Volume XI, Number 12, T. & T. Clark (publisher), page 566

Forms of brachyology

pluralbrachyologies
alternative formbrachylogia
alternative formbrachylogy

Origin of brachyology

From Late Latin brachiologia, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -λογία (-logía, “speech”); compare brachylogy.

Questions about brachyology

What does brachyology mean?
Brachyology means a figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression, for example, the omission of "good" from "good morning!" (resulting in the abbreviated greeting "morning!").
What part of speech is brachyology?
Brachyology is a noun.
What is the plural of brachyology?
The plural of brachyology is brachyologies.

Words near brachyology in the dictionary

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

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