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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A laconic mode or style of expression; laconism.
  • noun A laconic phrase or expression; a laconism.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Same as laconism.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative form of laconism.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun terseness of expression

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