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pauciloquy.

Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɔːˈsɪləkwi/Received-Pronunciation/pɔˈsɪləkwi/US/pɑˈsɪləkwi/US
  1. Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.

    uncommon · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From the Classical Latin pauciloquium (“the fact of speaking few words”), from paucus (“little, few”) + loquor (“to speak”). Structurally pauci- + -loquy.

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