brachygraphy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French brachygraphie, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing”).
Noun
[edit]brachygraphy (countable and uncountable, plural brachygraphies)
- (obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, II.2.4:
- I would for these causes wish him that is melancholy […] to impose some task upon himself, to divert his melancholy thoughts: to study the art of memory […] , or practise brachygraphy, etc., that will ask a great deal of attention […]