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Laconism

noun
1.
Terseness of expression.  Synonym: laconicism.





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"Laconism" Quotes from Famous Books



... proposition, more so from its very laconism, despite the auditory to whom it is addressed, does not find favourable response. Several speak in opposition to it; Harry Blew first and loudest. Though broken his word, and forfeited his faith, the British sailor is not so abandoned as to contemplate murder in such cool, ...
— The Flag of Distress - A Story of the South Sea • Mayne Reid


Words linked to "Laconism" :   terseness, laconicism


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