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Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
Julia Gillard

Meaning of "laconic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LACONIC

Via Latin from Greek Lakōnikos, from Lakōn Laconian, Spartan; referring to the Spartans' terseness of speech.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LACONIC

laconic  [ləˈkɒnɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LACONIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Laconic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LACONIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

laconic

Laconic phrase

A laconic phrase is a concise or terse statement, named after Laconia, the region of Greece including the city of Sparta. Similarly, a laconism is a figure of speech in which someone uses very few words to express an idea, in keeping with the Spartan reputation for verbal austerity.

Definition of laconic in the English dictionary

The definition of laconic in the dictionary is using few words; terse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LACONIC


aniconic
ˌænaɪˈkɒnɪk
aniseikonic
ˌænaɪsaɪˈkɒnɪk
bionic
baɪˈɒnɪk
chronic
ˈkrɒnɪk
cinchonic
sɪŋˈkɒnɪk
conic
ˈkɒnɪk
draconic
dreɪˈkɒnɪk
electronic
ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk
glyconic
ɡlaɪˈkɒnɪk
harmonic
hɑːˈmɒnɪk
iconic
aɪˈkɒnɪk
ionic
aɪˈɒnɪk
ironic
aɪˈrɒnɪk
iseikonic
ˌaɪsɪˈkɒnɪk
meconic
mɪˈkɒnɪk
obconic
ɒbˈkɒnɪk
sonic
ˈsɒnɪk
tonic
ˈtɒnɪk
ultrasonic
ˌʌltrəˈsɒnɪk
zirconic
zɜːˈkɒnɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LACONIC

lackey
lackey moth
lacking
lackland
lackluster
lacklustre
Laclos
lacmus
Laconia
Laconian
laconical
laconically
laconicism
laconism
lacquer
lacquer tree
lacquered
lacquerer
lacquering
lacquerware

WORDS THAT END LIKE LACONIC

anionic
azonic
cationic
colonic
demonic
embryonic
hadronic
hyaluronic
hydronic
hydroponic
hypotonic
masonic
Napoleonic
optoelectronic
philharmonic
Platonic
polyphonic
supersonic
tectonic
Tiptronic

Synonyms and antonyms of laconic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LACONIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «laconic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of laconic

Translation of «laconic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LACONIC

Find out the translation of laconic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of laconic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «laconic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

简洁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lacónica
570 millions of speakers

English

laconic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संक्षिप्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاقتضاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лаконичная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lacônico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অল্পকথায় অর্থপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

laconique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Laconic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lakonisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

簡潔な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

간결한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Laconic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vắn tắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுருக்கமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

özlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

laconico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lakoniczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лаконічна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

laconic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λακωνική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lakoniese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

laconic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lakonisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of laconic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LACONIC»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LACONIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about laconic

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2 QUOTES WITH «LACONIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word laconic.
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Julia Gillard
Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
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Jerry Saltz
John Baldessari, the 79-year-old conceptualist, has spent more than four decades making laconic, ironic conceptual art-about-art, both good and bad.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LACONIC»

Discover the use of laconic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to laconic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker: Containing Over a ...
LACONIC MANUAL' ETC_. APHORISMS INTRODUCTORY. SENSIBLE men show their sense by saying much in few Words. Noble actions are the substance of life; good sayings its ornament and guide. . Seneca. He that lays down precepts ...
Charles Simmons, 1852
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... foment concise, terse, succinct, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious are comparable when meaning briefly stated or presented or given to or manifesting brevity in statement or expression. A person is concise who speaks or writes briefly; ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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The Semantic Web - ISWC 2008: 7th International Semantic Web ...
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ontology ID Regular Laconic Fig. 2. Number of regular justifications versus the number of laconic justifications the case where there are fewer laconic justifications than regular justifications, the laconic ...
Amit P. Sheth, Steffen Staab, 2008
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ABA Journal
Legal Ethics Forum All of these comments, however, may be applicable in the instance of a large public offering but not when there is a private sale involving a single seller represented by his own counsel. Laconic may argue that he did not  ...
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A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being A Cyclopedia of Laconic ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Anonymous, 2011
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Laconic Phrase
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A laconic phrase is a very concise or terse statement, named after Laconia (a.k.a. Lacedaemon ), a polis of ancient Greece (and region of modern Greece) surrounding the city of Sparta proper.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A ...
laconic Misused for emotionless PS TJNJMBS XPSET t )JT UPOF PG TQFFDI is laconic and pithy. Use dispassionate. t i%FBUI 8BUDI w B laconic litany of medical patients who were given faulty terminal diagnoses, delivers a shorthand  ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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A Warrior's Legacy: Orestes
All the while, the training to become a Laconic Warrior became stricter and stricter until some parents became wary of the effects the practices were having on their children.” The General took a long draught from his goblet before continuing.
J. E. Thompson, 2009
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Aspects of Automated Natural Language Generation: 6th ...
We argue that we want to be able to generate laconic text, where certain temporal information remains implicit but pragmatically inferrable. An algorithm for generating laconic text is proposed, interleaving abduction and nonmonotonic  ...
Robert Dale, 1992
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Field-Programmable Logic and Applications: 11th ...
In particular, Bellare, Goldreich, and Sudan [BGSQ8] give negative results about the expressive power of “laconic” PCP's and MIP's. One-query probabilistically checkable proofs are equivalent to interactive proofs in which the prover sends a  ...
Gordon Brebner, Roger Woods, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LACONIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term laconic is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Houston Astros Have Erased Their Summer From Hell | VICE …
The sundae-crushing cherry on top is that this team is also supremely easy to root for, stacked with laconic dudes who have embraced ... «VICE, Jul 15»
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Book review (nonfiction): 'The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of …
Tolkachev's motives for betraying his country were complicated, as Hoffman reveals, but his explanation at that first meeting was laconic. «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
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Nadir Ciftci hopeful Iceland trip will take Celtic closer to his …
... off the park anyway, he is a laconic individual, and is confident he will flourish in his new surroundings. He knows Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven, ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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RACHMANINOV: 24 Preludes = Dmitri Levkovich, p. – Piano Classics
More Mussorgsky than Rachmaninov, the laconic f minor shakes its fists at fate and diatonic harmony. The F Major Moderato offers another ... «Audiophile Audition, Jul 15»
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Jetset Lad fends off all challengers despite dropping back in …
BRISBANE Cup winner Jetset Lad had plenty of doubters as he dropped back in distance at Doomben, but laconic trainer Brian Smith was not ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
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Listed: Precocious Writers | Theatre reviews, news & interviews | The …
It's a lively social satire, told with a laconic wit all the more potent for being expressed in the glorious original misspellings. "Velvit" dresses ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
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Mitch Evans: “Does a new look equal a new Mark Richt?” « CBS …
But Richt's laconic demeanor hasn't blinded him from what everyone else sees. In regards to a conference championship that has eluded UGA ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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Charles Avery, on show in Edinburgh
These depictions are characterised by Avery's willowy line, inventive conviction and ability to make detail arresting yet laconic. “That's a product ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
9
Disorder Spreads Among Russian-Backed Ukranian Rebels
The government is small, suspicious of Westerners and laconic in its comments. Access to the area is difficult, leaving outsiders mostly ... «New Eastern Europe, Jul 15»
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If you build it, they will come for their cut: Birth of a Bridge, by Maylis …
De Kerangal appears to have updated that thesis with an original, laconic, astute and relentlessly topical morality tale that scores several direct ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

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