Brevity Definition

brĕvĭ-tē
noun
The quality of being brief; shortness of time.
Webster's New World
The quality of being concise; terseness.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.

Wiktionary
(rare, countable) A short piece of writing.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Brevity

Noun

Singular:
brevity
Plural:
brevities

Origin of Brevity

  • from Anglo-Norman brevité < from Old French brieveté < from Latin brevitātem, accusative of brevitās, from brevis (“short”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin brevitās from brevis short brief

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed directly from Latin brevitās; or

    From Wiktionary

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