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laconism

[ lak-uh-niz-uhm ]

noun

  1. laconic brevity.
  2. a laconic utterance or sentence.


laconism

/ ləˈkɒnɪˌsɪzəm; ˈlækəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. economy of expression
  2. a terse saying
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Origin of laconism1

1560–70; < Greek ±ô²¹°ìŲԾ±²õ³¾Ã³²õ, noun answering to ±ô²¹°ìŲÔí³ú±ð¾±²Ô to favor or imitate the Spartans. See laconic, -ism
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Example Sentences

And E. M. Cioran, on the virtues of economy and obliquity: “Is there a better sign of ‘civilization’ than laconism?

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The only time he abandoned his Trappist laconism was when Alba went to visit him in his tunnel of books.

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It was Spartan in some of its laconisms.

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You may, perhaps, imagine that laconism could no further go.

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Paling suddenly, Mr. Hildreth dropped his eyes and replied humbly, though with equal laconism, "I was thinking."

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