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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The utterance of few words.

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Brevity in speech.

Examples

  • “I felt abashed at his pauciloquy; he had not yet told me how I could meet Father's friend.”

    Autobiography of a Yogi

  • “‘mirificent’, ‘palmiferous’ (all in Henry More), ‘pauciloquy’ and”

    English Past and Present

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  • whichbe Brevity in speech. May 13, 2008

‘pauciloquy’ has been looked up 745 times, loved by 1 person, added to 7 lists, commented on 1 time, and is not a valid Scrabble word.