82. Brevity

1. Adonis’ garden of short life. [Br. Lit.: I Henry IV ]
2. bubbles symbolic of transitoriness of life. [Art: Hall, 54]
3. cherry fair cherry orchards where fruit was briefly sold; symbolic of transience. [Folklore: Brewer Dictionary, 217]
4. Gettysburg Address terse but famous speech given by President Lincoln at dedication of national cemetery. (Gettysburg, Penn., 1863). [Am. Hist.: EB, IV: 515]
5. Grey, Lady Jane (1537–1554) queen of England for nine days. [Br. Hist.: NCE, 1146]
6. night-blooming cereus symbol of fading loveliness; blooms briefly. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]
7. Six-Day War Arab-Israeli war (1967). [Near East. Hist.: EB, I: 470]

58. Brevity

brachylogy

the practice of conciseness in speech or writing.

laconism, laconicism

1. the practice of using few words to say much.

2. a laconic utterance. —laconic , n., adj. —laconical , adj.

pauciloquy

Rare. the speaking of few words; taciturnity or brevity. —pauciloquent , adj.

syntomy, syntomia

Rare. brevity; conciseness.

telegraphese

the brief, sometimes cryptic language used in telegrams.

brev·i·ty / ˈbrevitē/ • n. concise and exact use of words in writing or speech. ∎  shortness of time: the brevity of human life.

brevity XVI. — AN. breveté, (O)F. brièveté, f. bref, fem. briève BRIEF2; see -ITY.