laconic 音标拼音: [lɑk'ɑnɪk]
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laconic adj 1 :
brief and to the point ;
effectively cut short ; "
a crisp retort "; "
a response so curt as to be almost rude "; "
the laconic reply ; `
yes '"; "
short and terse and easy to understand " [
synonym : {
crisp }, {
curt }, {
laconic }, {
terse }]
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 .
[
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His sense was strong and his style laconic .
--
Welwood .
[
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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 .
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1913 Webster ]
Laconic \
La *
con "
ic \,
n .
Laconism . [
Obs .] --
Addison .
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1913 Webster ]
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "
laconic ":
Spartan ,
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 ,
speechless ,
succinct ,
summary ,
synopsized ,
taciturn ,
terse ,
tight ,
tight -
lipped ,
to the point ,
tongue -
tied ,
truncated ,
unloquacious ,
untalkative ,
word -
bound ,
wordless
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