brevity
意味
- (時間の)短さ
- 簡潔
例文
Brevity is the soul of wit.
簡潔は機知の精髄。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
First attested in English in 1509; either: * Borrowed directly from Latin brevitās; or * from Anglo-Norman brevité, from Old French brieveté, from Latin brevitātem, accusative of brevitās, from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, brief + -ity.