{ } a. [ L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_; a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique. ] 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. [ 1913 Webster ]
His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall.
Syn. -- 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
