laconize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.

Word forms

laconize laconizes laconizing laconized laconise

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λακωνίζω (lakōnízō), from Λάκων (Lákōn). By surface analysis, laconic + -ize.

Derived words

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