Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BREV'I-TY
BREV'I-TY, n. [L. brevitas, from brevis, short. See Brief.]
- Shortness; applied to time; as, the brevity of human life.
- Shortness; conciseness; contraction into few words; applied to discourses or writings. – Dryden.
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