- 1. a. Alt. of Laconical Source: opted
- 2. n. Laconism. Source: opted
- 3. adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. 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. I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. Pope. His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood. 2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall. Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy. -- Laconic, Concise. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness. Laconism. [Obs.] Addison. Source: webster
- 5. Laconism. [Obs.] Addison. Source: adambom
- 6. j:100 s brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'" Source: ecdict
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