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7 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the use of brief expressions
noun the attribute of being brief or fleeting
originFirst attested in English in 1509; either: * Borrowed directly from Latin brevitās; or * from Anglo-Norman brevité, from Old French brieveté, from Latin brevitātem, accusative of brevitās, from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, brief + -ity.
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