breviature

English

Etymology

See abbreviature.

Noun

breviature (plural breviatures)

1. (obsolete) An abbreviation.
   • 1715, Louis Jobert, The Knowledge of Medals:

     The Names of Offices and Magiſtracies, which are never found but in Breviature

References

• “breviature”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Participle

breviātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of breviātūrus