laconicism
(ləˈkɒnɪsɪz(ə)m)
[f. laconic a. + -ism.]
= laconism 2 and 2 b.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Laconicism, a short speech, containing much matter. 1694 tr. Gracian's Courtier's Oracle Pref. A iij{supa}, This made the learned..Author affect a certain vigorous Laconicism in all his writings. 1736 [see laconic 2]. 1789 Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 374 Graceful without diffusion, and terse without laconicism. 1801 Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 207 note, Highly as the laconicism of Buonaparte has been admired we [etc.]. 1865 R. F. Burton (title) Wit and Wisdom from West Africa, a book of..Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconicisms. |