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- 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...
- Laconic speech may mean: alogia - a thought impoverishment observable through speech and language use laconic phrase - a concise or terse statement, especially...
- 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...
- absurdity of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, ironic, laconic, or apparently unintentional. The term deadpan first emerged early in the...
recorded in the ancient Greek form molon labe "come and take [them]", a laconic reply supposedly given by the Spartan King Leonidas I in response to the...- triplicate. in umbra, igitur, pugnabimus Then we will fight in the shade Laconic phrase supposedly given by the Spartans in response to the Persian boast...
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...- Laconic Name Official Name Birgu Vittoriosa L-Isla Senglea Bormla Cospicua...
- being a member himself. Haruhi soon recruits three additional members: the laconic bibliophile Yuki Nagato, the shy and timid Mikuru Asahina, and the unflappable...
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...
Sparta. From this derives the already ancient term "laconic," and is related to expressions such as "laconic phrase" or "laconophilia." The first reference...
Sparta never forgot its claim to be the "defender of Hellenism" and its Laconic wit. An anecdote has it that when Philip II sent a message to Sparta saying...- Hospital's Luke and Laura Spencer; Ahmet Zappa as Roy, Mark's handsome laconic roommate; and Fabio as himself. The opening credits of Season 7 change...
October 23, 1954, Paris Agreements, Adenauer pushed through the following laconic wording: 'The Federal Republic shall accordingly [after termination of...- He praised Snoop Dogg's performance, stating "[Snoop Dogg's] flow was laconic and relaxed, massively confident and capable of rapid-fire tongue-twisters...
from Stills'. Waiting at their next stop in Atlanta, Stills received a laconic telegram: "Dear Stephen, Funny how things that start spontaneously end...
of the short story, as did Lydia Davis, through her idiosyncratic and laconic style. The Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges is one of the best-known...- Devin Rountree, an ex–FBI agent recruited to NCIS by Sam and Callen, laconic Assistant Director Owen Granger, executive assistant director for Pacific...
possibly reversed from an original Te Tao Ching. The written style is laconic, has few grammatical particles, and encourages varied, contradictory interpretations...
Mitchum his favorite movie star and the soul of film noir: "With his deep, laconic voice and his long face and those famous weary eyes, he was the kind of...
- See also: laconic and lacònic Laconic (comparative more Laconic, superlative most Laconic) Of or relating to ancient Laconia in Greece.
- Letters/To Nicobulus — Letter LIVPhilip Schaff et al. Ep. LIV. On Laconicism. To be laconic is not merely, as you suppose, to write few words, but to say
- edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. Laconic phrases are short statements, often retorts, used by the Spartans of ancient
- textbook on social science, suitable for teaching on style of composition – laconic and interesting. Therefore my textbook was easy to be translated from Russian