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单词 laconic
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laconicadj.n.

Brit. /ləˈkɒnɪk/, U.S. /ləˈkɑnɪk/
Forms: Also 1500s -ike, 1600s -ique, 1600s–1700s -ick.
Etymology: < Greek Λακωνικός (Latin Lacōnicus), < Λάκων Laconian. Compare French laconique.
A. adj.
1.
a. (With capital initial.) Of or pertaining to Laconia or its inhabitants, made or written in Laconia; Lacedæmonian, Spartan. Now rare.
ΚΠ
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 613 There be many other Emerauds..taken forth of the mountain Taygetus in Laconia, and those therefore be named Laconick.
1675 Coll. Treat. Penal Laws Pref. sig. A3 Plutarch often quotes the Delphick and Laconick Commentaries.
a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1704) iii. vi. 251 This was not peculiar to the severe Laconic Disciplin.
1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca ii. i. 131 The River Eurotas, which runs into the Laconic Gulf.
1850 J. Chubb On Constr. Locks & Keys 5 The Laconic keys consisted of three single teeth, in the figure of the letter E. [Cf. clavem laconicam, Plaut. Most.]
b. Characteristic of the Laconians; Spartan-like.
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1787 J. Adams Def. Constit. Govt. U.S.A. Pref., in Wks. (1851) IV. 287 The latest revolution that we read of, was conducted..in the Grecian style, with laconic energy.
2. Following the Laconian manner, esp. in speech and writing; brief, concise, sententious. Of persons: Affecting a brief style of speech.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective]
compendious1388
briefc1430
short1487
short and sweet1545
curted1568
summarc1575
laconical1576
summary1582
succinct1585
totala1586
laconic1589
concisec1590
compendiary1609
press?1611
curt1631
Spartan1644
nutshell1647
severe1680
Lacedaemonian1780
straightforward1806
uncircumlocutory1808
shorthand1822
Spartanlike1838
unwordy1841
nutshelly1843
tight1870
Spartanic1882
unfarced1890
serried1899
taut1916
1589 King James VI in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 28 To excuis me for this my laconike writting I ame in suche haist.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Little French Lawyer v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. K4v/2 If thou wilt needs know..I will discover it..with laconick brevity.
1667 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia: 1st Pt. (1684) i. Introd. 6 Brevity and a Laconick stile is aimed at all along.
1668 W. Davenant Man's the Master ii. 1., in Wks. (1874) V. 32 This laconic fool makes brevity ridiculous.
1736 A. Pope Corr. 17 Aug. (1956) IV. 27 I grow Laconic even beyond Laconicisme.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 149 This cold laconic note..let down all Emma's hopes.
1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. ii. 29 ‘None but friends, I see’, said the laconic Mr. Williams.
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. viii. 119 That..laconic dignity, which is the good side of the English peasant's character.
1888 A. K. Green Behind Closed Doors iii. 28 ‘Trust me’ was his laconic rejoinder.
B. n. (The adjective used absolutely.)
1. A laconic speaker. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun] > a concise expression > one who
laconic1629
aphorismer1641
aphorist1713
Spartan1810
aphorizer1851
1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 22 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. The most compendious Laconicke with a reinserted Parenthesis of (vt tribus dicam verbis) amongst many words, will promise to dispatch in Three.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxcii. 467 It was the Ill hap of a Learned Laconique, to make use of Three Words, when two would have done..his business hardly.
2. Laconic or concise speech. plural. Brief or concise sentences.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun] > a concise expression
aphorisma1593
brachylogy1623
laconicism1656
monogram1656
laconisma1682
laconic1718
1718 J. Addison Let. to Swift in Swift's Lett. II. 540 Shall we never again talk together in laconic?
1871 E. F. Burn Ad Fidem xvi. 341 A man's hand writes startling laconics on the wall.
3. = laconicum n. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing > bath-house > hot bathroom or sweating-room
stovec1485
sudatory1615
laconicum1696
laconic1742
sweating-room1744
caldarium1753
sudatorium1757
steam1801
sudarium1852
sauna1881
sweat-lodge1887
sweat-box1974
1742 G. Leoni Notes I. Jones in N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture (ed. 3) II. iv. 55/2 Laconic, the Sweating Room in the Palestræ.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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