BRACHYGRAPHY
Etymology
Noun
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