ELLIPTICAL

or elliptic adjective Etymology: Greek elleiptikos defective, marked by ellipsis, from elleipein Date: 1656 of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse, 2. of, relating to, or marked by ellipsis or an ellipsis, b. of, relating to, or marked by extreme economy of speech or writing, of or relating to deliberate obscurity (as of literary or conversational style), ~ly adverb