Definition of Laconicism

1. Noun. Terseness of expression.

Exact synonyms: Laconism
Generic synonyms: Terseness

Definition of Laconicism

1. n. Same as Laconism.

Definition of Laconicism

1. Noun. (alternative form of laconism) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laconicism

lacklands
lackluster
lacklusterly
lacklusterness
lacklusters
lacklustre
lacklustrely
lacklustreness
lacks
lacmus
lacmuses
laconian
laconic
laconical
laconically
laconicism (current term)
laconicisms
laconicum
laconism
laconisms
laconize
laconized
laconizes
laconizing
lacosamide
lacquer
lacquer-ware
lacquer tree
lacquered
lacquerer

Literary usage of Laconicism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hector Berlioz; Selections from His Letters, and Aesthetic, Humorous, and by Hector Berlioz, William Foster Apthorp (1879)
"SENSIBILITY AND laconicism.—A FUNERAL ORATION IN THREE SYLLABLES. Cherubini was walking in the greenroom of the concert-hall of the Conservatoire, one day, ..."

2. The Red Badge of Courage and Four Stories by Stephen Crane (1997)
"There are times when Crane's laconicism borders on the frivolous. When he evokes the “seven mad gods that rule the sea,” he is doing something he should not ..."

3. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"Marius' cold tone, that double reply of "I know it," his laconicism, which was not favorable to dialogue, stirred up some smouldering wrath in the stranger. ..."

4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"... in every case there was not the slightest trace of such markings to be found. My idea, formed from reading Orton, of the apathy and laconicism of the ..."

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