'Laconic' definitions:
Definition of 'laconic'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Laconic'
From: GCIDE
- Laconic \La*con"ic\, n. Laconism. [Obs.] --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Laconic'
From: GCIDE
- Laconic \La*con"ic\, Laconical \La*con"ic*al\, a. [L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. ??, fr. ?? a Laconian, Laced[ae]monian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique.]
- 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- His sense was strong and his style laconic. --Welwood. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. [1913 Webster]
- 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.
- Usage: 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'laconic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- aposiopestic,
- brief,
- brusque,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- contracted,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- docked,
- dumb,
- economical of words,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- gnomic,
- indisposed to talk,
- mum,
- mute,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- pruned,
- quiet,
- reserved,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- silent,
- snug,
- sparing of words,
- Spartan,
- speechless,
- succinct,
- summary,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- tight-lipped,
- to the point,
- tongue-tied,
- truncated,
- unloquacious,
- untalkative,
- word-bound,
- wordless