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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

lac•o•nism n.

laconic brevity.
a laconic utterance or sentence.

Also, la•con•i•cism

Greek lakōnismós, noun, nominal answering to lakōnízein to favor or imitate the Spartans. See laconic, -ism
1560–70

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