Noah Webster
Brevity
BREV'ITY, noun [Latin brevitas, from brevis, short. See Brief.]
1. Shortness; applied to time; as the brevity of human life.
2. Shortness; conciseness; contraction into few words; applied to discourses or writings.
BREV'ITY, noun [Latin brevitas, from brevis, short. See Brief.]
1. Shortness; applied to time; as the brevity of human life.
2. Shortness; conciseness; contraction into few words; applied to discourses or writings.