rare. [ad. L. breviloquentia, f. brevi-s short + loquentia speaking.] Brevity of speech; laconism.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Breviloquence … a brief or short form of speaking.
1678. Phillips, Breviloquence (Lat.), a short discourse, a speaking in brief.
1721. in Bailey. [Not in Johnson.]
1863. J. Murphy, Comm. Gen. xli. 13. A specimen of pithy breviloquence.
