pauciloquent
using few words
Roots
- loqu / locut: speak
- pauc: few, scarce, or too little
Other words with the loqu / locut root
- circumlocution: roundabout speech
- colloquial: informal in speech or writing
- colloquy: a conversation or formal discussion
- eloquence: powerful, fluent expression
- eloquent: fluent and persuasive in speech
- grandiloquent: pompous in speech
- interlocutor: a person taking part in a conversation
- loquacious: talkative
Other words with the pauc root
- paucity: scarcity or a too-small amount
Pauc means few and loqu means speak: pauciloquent literally has few words.
His pauciloquent reply was more effective than a speech.
Pauciloquent has two clear roots: pauc gives few, loqu gives speech. It makes few-word behavior visible, even beside words like laconic that have a different history.