Brevi
a combining form meaning “short,” used in the formation of compound words:
brevirostrate.
Historical Examples
Ulysses James Joyce
Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders T. Eric Peet
Essay on the Life and Institutions of Offa, King of Mercia, A.D. 755-794 Henry Mackenzie
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Roman Catholic Church. a book containing all the daily psalms, hymns, prayers, lessons, etc., necessary for reciting the office. a book of daily prayers and readings in some other churches. Historical Examples The Woman Thou Gavest Me Hall Caine Notre-Dame de Paris Victor Hugo The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle The Gods are Athirst Anatole France […]
- Brevicaudate
having a short tail.
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a size of type approximately 8-point, between minion and bourgeois. Historical Examples The Silver Poppy Arthur Stringer Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 Various Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions Slason Thompson Up To Date Business Various noun (formerly) […]
- Brevipennate
having short wings; brachypterous.