† laconicaladj.
Obsolete.
= laconic adj.
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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
1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Argt. 236 The Epistles of Nucillus were so Laconicall and shorte.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 128 Laconical sayings, that is, short and sententious.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 338 Proposing forsooth a streight and laconicall manner of life.
1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. i. v. 41 All that Laconicall discipline pleased him well.
a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 134 The Spartans..studying their Laconical Brevity.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 362 Distinctions and Laconical Evasions.
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