Lac"o*nism (?), n. [Gr. , fr. to imitate Lacedaemonian manners, to speak laconically: cf. F. laconisme.]
1.
A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.
2.
An instance of laconic style or expression.
© Webster 1913.
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