- laconicism laconism
- лаконство, лаконски израз, лаконизам* * *лаконство, лаконизам, лаконски израз
English-Macedonian dictionary. 2013.
laconicism laconism
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Laconicism — La*con i*cism, n. Same as {Laconism}. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
laconism — [lə kän′i siz΄əmlak′ə niz΄əm] n. [Gr Lakōnismos < Lakōnizein, to imitate the Laconians] 1. brevity of speech or expression 2. a laconic speech or expression: Also laconicism [lə kän′i siz΄əm] … English World dictionary
laconism — /lak euh niz euhm/, n. 1. laconic brevity. 2. a laconic utterance or sentence. Also, laconicism /leuh kon euh siz euhm/. [1560 70; < Gk lakonismós, n. answering to lakonízein to favor or imitate the Spartans. See LACONIC, ISM] * * * … Universalium
laconism — /ˈlækənɪzəm/ (say lakuhnizuhm) noun 1. laconic brevity. 2. a laconic utterance or sentence. Also, laconicism /ləˈkɒnəsɪzəm/ (say luh konuhsizuhm). {Greek lakōnismos imitation of Laconians (Spartans), who were noted for brief, pithy speech} …
laconicism — noun terseness of expression • Syn: ↑laconism • Hypernyms: ↑terseness … Useful english dictionary
brevity — Synonyms and related words: brachylogy, briefness, brusqueness, compactness, compendiousness, conciseness, concision, crispness, curtness, dumbness, economy, economy of words, instantaneousness, laconicalness, laconicism, laconism, littleness,… … Moby Thesaurus
laconic — a. curt; in few words; unemotional. ♦ laconicism, ♦ laconism n … Dictionary of difficult words
laconic — [lə kɒnɪk] adjective using very few words; terse. Derivatives laconically adverb laconicism noun laconism noun Origin C16 (in the sense Laconian ): via L. from Gk Lakōnikos, from Lakōn Laconia, Sparta , the Spartans being known for their terse… … English new terms dictionary
terseness — noun a neatly short and concise expressive style • Ant: ↑verboseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑terse • Hypernyms: ↑expressive style, ↑style • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
