Pauciloquent: Using few words. Brief in speech. Taciturn. Succinct. Laconic. Breviloquent.
Pauciloquent comes from the Latin words paucus which means “few” and the Latin verb loquor, meaning “I speak”.
“The pauciloquent beggar received few pennies.”
“The pauciloquent king was dethroned.”
– From Stephen (a student in my early morning class, Word Up: Live!)
