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laconism

noun

Etymology

From Latin Laconia, from Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímōn, “the region surrounding the city of Sparta”).

  1. derived from Λακεδαίμων
  2. derived from Laconia

Definitions

  1. Extreme brevity in expression.

    • “Well, where have you been?” he said to her with offhand laconism.

  2. A very or notably brief expression.

    • The hand of PROVIDENCE writes often by abbreviatures, hieroglyphicks or short characters, which, like the Laconism on the wall, are not to be made out but by a hint or key from that SPIRIT which indited them.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for laconism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA