- (a.) Laconian; characteristic of or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
- (a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.
- (a.) See Laconic, a.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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