laconism

[ lak-uh-niz-uhm ]
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noun
  1. laconic brevity.

  2. a laconic utterance or sentence.

Origin of laconism

1
1560–70; <Greek lakōnismós, noun answering to lakōnízein to favor or imitate the Spartans. See laconic, -ism
  • Also la·con·i·cism [luh-kon-uh-siz-uhm]. /ləˈkɒn əˌsɪz əm/.

Words Nearby laconism

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How to use laconism in a sentence

  • For a day or two following Devereau's unsatisfactory laconism nothing developed.

    Winner Take All | Larry Evans
  • I am glad you have connected your negotiations and anecdotes; and, I hope, not with your usual laconism.

  • This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist.

    What is Property? | P. J. Proudhon
  • His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion.

    Caught In The Net | Emile Gaboriau
  • This laconism came from the lips of a young man who was walking along the Levee of New Orleans.

    The Free Lances | Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for laconism

laconism

laconicism (ləˈkɒnɪˌsɪzəm)

/ (ˈlækəˌnɪzəm) /


nounrare
  1. economy of expression

  2. a terse saying

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