noun
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economy of expression
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a terse saying
Etymology
Origin of laconism
1560–70; < Greek lakōnismós, noun answering to lakōnízein to favor or imitate the Spartans. See laconic, -ism
Vocabulary lists containing laconism
Example Sentences
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The only time he abandoned his Trappist laconism was when Alba went to visit him in his tunnel of books.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion.
From Caught in the Net by Émile Gaboriau
"Very well! let it be blown up!" answered the Floridans with a laconism worthy of ancient times.
From The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne
Paling suddenly, Mr. Hildreth dropped his eyes and replied humbly, though with equal laconism, "I was thinking."
From Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green
The just and elegant laconism of Byron, by substituting the past for the present tense, may now be adopted as a faithful and brief summary of what was George Canning.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 268, August 11, 1827 by Various
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