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Laconic

LACON'IC, LACON'ICAL, a. [l. laconicus, from Laconia or Lacomes, the Spartans.] 1. Short; brief; pithy; sententious; expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Spartans; as a laconic phrase. 2. Pert...

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LACON'IC,

LACON'ICAL, a. [l. laconicus, from Laconia or Lacomes, the Spartans.]

1. Short; brief; pithy; sententious; expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Spartans; as a laconic phrase.

2. Pertaining to Sparta or Lacedemonia.

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