noun
-
economy of expression
-
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
"Whatso thou wouldest do that do!" a contrast with our European laconism.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Their creator's remarks about them are sometimes of a marvellous subtlety, expressed in a laconism which seems to regard Marivaudage or Meredithese with an aristocratic disdain.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
She answered other questions with equal firmness and laconism.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
“No,” answered I, imitating his laconism of speech.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
