laconism

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin laconia, from Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lacedaemon, “the region surrounding the city of Sparta”)

[edit] Noun

laconism (plural laconisms)

  1. (uncountable, rhetoric) Extreme brevity in expression.
  2. (countable) A very or notably brief expression.

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[edit] Translations

brevity in expression
brief expression
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