Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Laconism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Laconism \Lac"o*nism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to imitate
Laced[ae]monian manners, to speak laconically: cf. F.
laconisme.]
1. A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.
2. An instance of laconic style or expression.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
laconism
n : terseness of expression [syn: {laconicism}]
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