Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To imitate the Laconians, either in austerity of life or in shortness and pithiness of speech.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
imitate themanner of theLaconians , especially inbrief ,pithy speech , or infrugality andausterity .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek. See laconic.
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