English

Noun

brachygraphy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural brachygraphies)

1. (obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.4:

     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 […].