brevityn.

/ˈbrɛvɪti/

Forms: Also 1500s breuite, brevyte, 1500s–1600s breuitie, 1600s breuity, brevitie.

Etymology: probably < Anglo-Norman brevete (French brièveté) < brevitāt-em ‘shortness’, < brevis short: assimilated to the Latin spelling.

1. Shortness, esp. as applied to time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun]

shorthead1340

briefnessa1400

brevity1542

momentaniness1635

momentariness1648

shortlivedness1817

momentaneity1921

short-windedness1934

1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII xxvii. §99 Many sutes..cannot be tried..for breuitie of time.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. sig. O3 Miserable Brevitie! more miserable vncertainety of Life!

1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xiv. 177 The deep thought of the brevity of time.

2. The being short in speech or writing; contraction into few words, conciseness, terseness.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun]

fastness?a1200

compendiousness1398

short speaking14..

shortness?c1450

brevity1509

briefness1530

pithiness1557

laconism1570

succinctness1609

parsimony1650

laconicism1656

nexility1656

syntomy1656

conciseness1659

closeness1712

compendiosity1727

pressness1728

abruptness1731

concision1774

laconicalness1830

compactness1841

terseness1864

Spartanhood1880

Spartanism1880

brachylogy1882–3

condensity1885

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xxx If that it were nat for cawse of breuyte I could shewe [etc.].

1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. ii. 106 I omit them for breuitie sake.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 90 Since Breuitie is the soule of wit..I will be briefe.

1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars To Rdr. Brevitie is many times the mother of Obscuritie.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 51 Brevity is very good, When w' are, or are not understood.

1725 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. II. i. 49 On the Churne..stands Cirencester, or Cicester for brevity.

1811 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 208 Brevity is in writing what charity is to all other virtues.

3. Shortness in other relations. rare and forced.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath

straitness1398

straitheada1400

pursivenessc1450

pursiness?c1475

shortwindiness1545

shortness of breath1577

angustness1598

angustity1599

brevity1600

breathlessness1612

short-windedness1614

dyspnoea1681

tightness1785

puffiness1813

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun]

unlengthc1275

stuckness1440

shortness1774

brevity1863

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 115 I will imitate the honourable Romanes in breuitie. Poynes. He sure meanes breuity in breath, short winded.

1863 Riddles (Routledge) Why is wit like a Chinese lady's foot? Because brevity is the sole of it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	brevity
释义	brevityn. /ˈbrɛvɪti/ Forms: Also 1500s breuite, brevyte, 1500s–1600s breuitie, 1600s breuity, brevitie. Etymology: probably < Anglo-Norman brevete (French brièveté) < brevitāt-em ‘shortness’, < brevis short: assimilated to the Latin spelling. 1. Shortness, esp. as applied to time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] shorthead1340 briefnessa1400 brevity1542 momentaniness1635 momentariness1648 shortlivedness1817 momentaneity1921 short-windedness1934 1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII xxvii. §99 Many sutes..cannot be tried..for breuitie of time. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. sig. O3 Miserable Brevitie! more miserable vncertainety of Life! 1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xiv. 177 The deep thought of the brevity of time. 2. The being short in speech or writing; contraction into few words, conciseness, terseness. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun] fastness?a1200 compendiousness1398 short speaking14.. shortness?c1450 brevity1509 briefness1530 pithiness1557 laconism1570 succinctness1609 parsimony1650 laconicism1656 nexility1656 syntomy1656 conciseness1659 closeness1712 compendiosity1727 pressness1728 abruptness1731 concision1774 laconicalness1830 compactness1841 terseness1864 Spartanhood1880 Spartanism1880 brachylogy1882–3 condensity1885 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xxx If that it were nat for cawse of breuyte I could shewe [etc.]. 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. ii. 106 I omit them for breuitie sake. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 90 Since Breuitie is the soule of wit..I will be briefe. View more context for this quotation 1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars To Rdr. Brevitie is many times the mother of Obscuritie. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 51 Brevity is very good, When w' are, or are not understood. 1725 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. II. i. 49 On the Churne..stands Cirencester, or Cicester for brevity. 1811 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 208 Brevity is in writing what charity is to all other virtues. 3. Shortness in other relations. rare and forced. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath straitness1398 straitheada1400 pursivenessc1450 pursiness?c1475 shortwindiness1545 shortness of breath1577 angustness1598 angustity1599 brevity1600 breathlessness1612 short-windedness1614 dyspnoea1681 tightness1785 puffiness1813 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] unlengthc1275 stuckness1440 shortness1774 brevity1863 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. ii. 115 I will imitate the honourable Romanes in breuitie. Poynes. He sure meanes breuity in breath, short winded. View more context for this quotation 1863 Riddles (Routledge) Why is wit like a Chinese lady's foot? Because brevity is the sole of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1509
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