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Definition of Laconical
1. a. See Laconic,
Definition of Laconical
1. Adjective. (archaic form of laconic) ¹
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Medical Definition of Laconical
1. 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. "I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long." (Pope) "His sense was strong and his style laconic." (Welwood) 2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. "His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well." (Bp. Hall) Synonym: Short, brief, concise, succinct, sententious, pointed, pithy. Laconic, Concise. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness. Origin: L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr, fr. A Laconian, Lacedaemonian, or Spartan: cf. F. Laconique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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