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
The coldness is most often simply the apparent coldness of restraint; the baldness, the laconism of a spirit that abhorred loose, ungainly manners of speech.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
"Well, where have you been?" he said to her with offhand laconism.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
You may, perhaps, imagine that laconism could no further go.
From Friend Mac Donald by O'Rell, Max
"Blight, Mildew, and Smut," he replied, with the laconism of one who is absolutely certain of his own mind.
From Crome Yellow by Huxley, Aldous
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