| brachylogia | |
| brach-y-lo'-gi-a | from Gk. brachy, "short" and logia, "speech" |
| Also sp. brachiologia, brachiologa | |
| articulus | |
| the cutted comma |
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The absence of conjunctions between single words. Compare asyndeton. The effect of brachylogia is a broken, hurried delivery. | |
| Examples | ||
| Phillip! Rise!
Eat! Leave!
Love, hate, jealousy, frenzy, fury drew him from pity —Angel Day |
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| Sources: | Quintilian 8.3.83; Putt. (1589) 222 ("brachiologa," "the cutted comma"); Day 1599 92 ("brachiologa") | |
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