Archaic form of laconic.

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

In a terse manner, given to using few words.

Of or relating to ancient Laconia in Greece.

The condition of being laconic

plural of laconism

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

simple past tense and past participle of laconize

present participle of laconize

(intransitive) To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.