Usually means: Speaking very little; brief speech.
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  1. pauciloquy: Merriam-Webster
  2. pauciloquy: Wordnik
  3. pauciloquy: Wiktionary
  4. Pauciloquy: Dictionary.com
  5. Pauciloquy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. pauciloquy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Pauciloquy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. pauciloquy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. pauciloquy: FreeDictionary.org
  10. pauciloquy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  (uncommon) Economical speech; the use of few words when speaking; laconism.

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