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Definition of Laconic
1. Adjective. Brief and to the point; effectively cut short. "Short and terse and easy to understand"
Definition of Laconic
1. a. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.
2. n. Laconism.
Definition of Laconic
1. Adjective. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laconic
1. using a minimum of words [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laconic
Literary usage of Laconic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"FABLE XVL A laconic CONDEMNS» A SACK laconic, truly wise, Whose conversation was
concise, Train'd up in rigid schools ; Once, when a single word would do. ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"The Famed laconic Discourse; Spartan Discipline The boys were also taught to use
sharp repartee, seasoned with humour, and whatever they said was to be ..."
3. The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell by William Jesse (1844)
"... Davis—The wit's laconic reply—His extraordinary penchant at college—Brummell
cuts his cable, and comes to an anchor at Calais—The Author passes through ..."
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