- A
laconic phrase or
laconism is a
concise or
terse statement,
especially a
blunt and
elliptical rejoinder. It is
named after Laconia, the
region of Greece...
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Laconic speech may mean:
alogia - a
thought impoverishment observable through speech and
language use
laconic phrase - a
concise or
terse statement, especially...
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absurdity of the
subject matter. The
delivery is
meant to be blunt, ironic,
laconic, or
apparently unintentional. The term
deadpan first emerged as an adjective...
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Peloponnese peninsula. Its
administrative capital is Sparta. The word
laconic—to
speak in a blunt,
concise way—is
derived from the name of this region...
- 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse,
laconic, or
memorable expression of a
general truth or principle. They are often...
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knowledge of both
imagism and ****anese poetry." In 1925, Ross
developed the '
laconic' as a
distinctly Canadian verse form, "one that
would be 'native' and yet...
- and take [them]', is a
classical expression of defiance. It is
among the
Laconic phrases reported by Plutarch,
attributed to King
Leonidas I in
reply to...
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Scholars have
given various interpretations of the
elements of the Gospel-stories. The
approximate chronology of
Jesus can be
estimated from non-Christian...
- Sparta. From this
derives the
already ancient term "
laconic," and is
related to
expressions such as "
laconic phrase" or "laconophilia." The
first reference...
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during the two-word
stage of
language acquisition in children,
which is
laconic and efficient. The name
derives from the fact that
someone sending a telegram...
