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laconic(dictionary)

laconic (iou)



laconic adjective & noun. In sense A.1 Laconic. M16.
[Latin Laconicus from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon: see LACONIAN, -IC.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to Laconia (see LACONIAN) or its inhabitants; Lacedaemonian, Spartan. Now rare. M16.
2. Using few words, concise, terse, (the Spartans being known for their terse speech). L16.
B. Adams She..treated dramatic revelation with laconic disinterest. M. Atwood For Roz, this was the best part - her laconic mother, screaming her head off, and in public too.
B. noun.
1. A laconic speaker. Only in 17.
2. Laconic or concise speech; in pl., brief or concise sentences. rare. E18.
laconically adverb E17.
laconicism noun (a) brevity in speech or writing; (b) a short pithy sentence: M17.