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laconism
laconism (ˈlækənɪz(ə)m) [ad. Gr. λακωνισµός, f. λακωνίζειν to Laconize. Cf. F. laconisme.] 1. (With capital initial.) Partiality for the Lacedæmonians; the practice of favouring the Lacedæmonian interest. rare.1655 Stanley Hist. Philos. iii. (1701) 118/2 Xenophon..was banished for Laconism, upon his... Oxford English Dictionary
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Laconic phrase
A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. wikipedia.org
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laconicism
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 [se... Oxford English Dictionary
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Euphron
an unsparing use, not only of the public money and the sacred treasures, but of the wealth also of many whom he drove into banishment on the charge of Laconism wikipedia.org
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brachylogy
brachylogy (bræˈkɪlədʒɪ) Also 7 brachil-, 8 brachyology. [ad. Gr. βραχυλογία, in med.L. brachiologia, f. βραχύ-ς short + -λογία speech: see -logy. Cf. F. brachylogie.] Conciseness of speech, laconism; concr. a condensed expression.[1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 222 Brachiologa, or the Cutted com... Oxford English Dictionary
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Emanuele Tesauro
eight further types: likeness (simiglianza), metonymy or synecdoche (attributione), punning (equivoco), hypotyposis (hipotiposi), hyperbole (hiperboli), laconism wikipedia.org
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breviloquence
breviloquence rare. (brɪˈvɪləkwəns) [ad. L. breviloquentia, f. brevi-s short + loquentia speaking.] Brevity of speech; laconism.1656 Blount Glossogr., Breviloquence..a brief or short form of speaking. 1678 Phillips, Breviloquence (Lat., a short discourse, a speaking in brief. 1721 in Bailey. [Not in... Oxford English Dictionary
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-ist
-ist, suffix corresponding to F. -iste, L. -ista, Gr. -ιστής, forming agent-nouns from verbs in -ίζειν (see -ize), consisting of the agential suffix -της added to the verb-stem, as in βαπτίζ-ειν to dip, βαπτισ-τής dipper, L. baptista, F. baptiste baptist. Cognate to the suffix -ισµός, -ism. Examples... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ivan Bunin
Nowhere else can such eloquent laconism can be found, such definitive and exquisite writing, such freedom of expression and really magnificent demonstration wikipedia.org
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epigram
▪ I. epigram (ˈɛpɪgræm) Also 6–7 epigramme, (6 epigrame, 7 epigramm). [ad. F. épigramme, ad. L. epigramma, Gr. ἐπίγραµµα, f. ἐπιγράϕειν, f. ἐπί upon + γράϕειν to write.] † 1. An inscription, usually in verse: = epigraph 1.1552 Huloet, Epigrame or superscription. 1567 Drant Horace' Epist. i. vii. D i... Oxford English Dictionary
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money
▪ I. money, n. (ˈmʌnɪ) Pl. moneys. Forms: 3–6 moneye, 4–5 monoie, -oye, moone, 4–6 monay(e, monei(e, mone(e, monye, 4–8 mony, 5–7 monny, 6–7 monie, 4– money. [a. OF. moneie, mon(n)oie (mod.F. monnaie) = Pr., Sp. moneda, Pg. moeda, It. moneta:—L. monēta (? f. monēre to warn, remind): orig. the name o... Oxford English Dictionary
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