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laconism
/ ləˈkɒnɪˌsɪzəm; ˈlækəˌnɪzəm /
noun
- economy of expression
- a terse saying
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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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