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Laconic

Laconic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Laconic? [adj] brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Laconic: concise \| crisp \| curt \| terse Related Terms \| Find terms related to Laconic: abbreviated \| abridged \| aposiopestic \| brief \| brusque \| clipped \| close \| closemouthed \| close-tongued \| compact \| compendious \| compressed \| concise \| condensed \| contracted \| crisp \| curt \| cut \| docked \| dumb \| economical of words \| elliptic \| epigrammatic \| gnomic \| indisposed to talk \| mum \| mute \| pithy \| pointed \| pruned \| quiet \| reserved \| sententious \| short \| short and sweet \| shortened \| silent \| snug \| sparing of words \| Spartan \| speechless \| succinct \| summary \| synopsized \| taciturn \| terse \| tight \| tight-lipped \| to the point \| tongue-tied \| truncated \| unloquacious \| untalkative \| word-bound \| wordless See Also \| Laconic In Webster's Dictionary \Lacon"ic\, Laconical \Lacon"ical\, a. [L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. ??, fr. ?? a Laconian, Laced[ae]monian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique.] 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. --Pope. His sense was strong and his style laconic. --Welwood. 2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. --Bp. Hall. Syn: Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy. Usage: {Laconic}, {Concise}. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness. \Lacon"ic\, n. Laconism. [Obs.] --Addison.

Laconic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Laconic?

[adj] brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Laconic: concise | crisp | curt | terse

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Laconic In Webster's Dictionary

\La*con"ic\, Laconical \La*con"ic*al\, a. [L. Laconicus
Laconian, Gr. ??, fr. ?? a Laconian, Laced[ae]monian, or
Spartan: cf. F. laconique.]
1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the
   Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque;
   epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.

         I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes
         I return only yes, or no, to questionary or
         petitionary epistles of half a yard long. --Pope.

         His sense was strong and his style laconic.
                                               --Welwood.

2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence,
   stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.

         His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod;
         all that laconical discipline pleased him well.
                                               --Bp. Hall.

Syn: Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed;
     pithy.

Usage: {Laconic}, {Concise}. Concise means without irrelevant
       or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse.
       Laconic means concise with the additional quality of
       pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness.


\La*con"ic\, n.
Laconism. [Obs.] --Addison.

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