brachygraphy (countable and uncountable, plural brachygraphies)
(obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
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 […]
Source: Wiktionary
Bra*chyg"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. brachygraphie.]
Definition: Stenograhy. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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