01 a. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense…
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Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; 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.
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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.