About The Word Laconic
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Laconic
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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 \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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