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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
laconic /ləˈkɒnɪk/
▶adjective using very few words; terse.
– derivatives
laconically adverb,
laconicism noun,
laconism noun.
laconically adverb,
laconicism noun,
laconism noun.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘Laconian’): via L. from Gk Lakōnikos, from Lakōn ‘Laconia, Sparta’, the Spartans being known for their terse speech.
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