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
This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
This spiritual laconism invigorated the arm of men who perhaps wanted no other stimulative than the hope of obtaining the immense property of the besieged.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
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 Saintsbury, George
"Fifty-one cents," said the girl, through the inimitable laconism of gum chewing.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
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