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

Word History and Origins

Origin of laconism¹

1560–70; < Greek lakōnismós, noun answering to lakōnízein to favor or imitate the Spartans. See laconic, -ism

Example Sentences

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

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I am glad you have connected your negotiations and anecdotes; and, I hope, not with your usual laconism.

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

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His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion.

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This laconism came from the lips of a young man who was walking along the Levee of New Orleans.

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