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



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SUSPENDED

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