The use of brief expressions.

Roget 572: conciseness etc. adj.; brevity, the soul of wit," laconism^†; Tacitus; ellipsis; syncope; abridgment etc. (shortening) 201; compression etc. 195; epitome etc. 596; monostich^†; brunch word, portmanteau word.    ... show more

Roget 201: shortness etc. adj.; brevity; littleness etc. 193; a span.    shortening etc. v.; abbreviation, abbreviature^†; abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation^†; reduction etc. (contraction) 195; epitome etc. (compendium) 596.    elision, ellipsis; conciseness etc. (in style) 572.    abridger, epitomist^†, epitomizer^†.    ... show more

The attribute of being brief or fleeting.

synonyms: briefness, transience.

Dutch: tijdeijkheid