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laconical |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laconic \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laconical \La*con"ic*al\, a. See {Laconic}, a.
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