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====Video Walkthrough====
====Video Walkthrough====
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=== Derived terms ===
=== Derived terms ===

Revision as of 06:27, 4 March 2026

English

Etymology

From Latin Lacōnicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek Λακωνικός (“Laconian”). Laconia was the region inhabited and ruled by the Spartans, who were known for their brevity in speech.

Katakana Transliteration

  • ラコニック (Rakonikku)

Adjective

  1. (of speech or writing) Communicative through the use of as few words as possible.
    • Synonyms: terse, succinct, concise, pithy, lapidary
  2. (of speakers or writers) Communicating through the use of as few words as possible.
  3. (Australia, sometimes proscribed, of a person) Laidback; casual; not intense.

Example sentence

    • 2026, Wandering Wikis:
      "After listening to a forty-minute explanation of the problem, she offered a laconic solution: 'Turn it off.'"

Video Walkthrough

https://www.bitchute.com/video/xR7VYPxIFqAb

Derived terms

  • laconicism
  • laconicly
  • unlaconic
  • laconical
  • laconically
  • laconism

References