pauciloquy
pauciloquy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Brevity in speech. [R.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- between
- bite
- bridle
- button
- cave
- close
- concealment
- costive
- costiveness
- counsel
- curt
- curtness
- dumb
- escape
- few
- finger
- grave
- have
- hist
- hold
- hush
- inconversable
- jaw
- keep
- lay
- let
- make
- man
- mouth
- mum
- mute
- muteness
- not
- nothing
- obmutescence
- one
- padlock
- peace
- place
- post
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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