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
For a day or two following Devereau's unsatisfactory laconism nothing developed.
From Winner Take All by Evans, Larry
"Fifty-one cents," said the girl, through the inimitable laconism of gum chewing.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
The horrible proposition, more so from its very laconism, despite the auditory to whom it is addressed, does not find favourable response.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
"En grant barnage fu Looys entrez; Quant il fu riche, Guillaume n'en sot gré," ends the poem with its usual laconism.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George
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