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   laconic

   /ləˈkɒnɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words: "his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic" Similar briefconcisetersesuccinctshorteconomicalellipticalcrisppithyto the pointincisiveshort and sweetcompendiousabruptbluntcurtclippedmonosyllabicbrusquepointedgruffsharptartepigrammaticaphoristicgnomictaciturnof few wordsuncommunicativereticentquietuntalkativereservedsilentspeechlesstight-lippedunforthcomingbrusqueOpposite verboselong-windedloquacious

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘Laconian’): via Latin from Greek Lakōnikos, from Lakōn ‘Laconia, Sparta’, the Spartans being known for their terse speech.

   Derivatives

   • 1. laconically adverb
   • 2. laconicism noun
   • 3. laconism noun

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