laconism
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Extreme brevity in expression.
— “Well, where have you been?” he said to her with offhand laconism.
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A very or notably brief expression.
— The hand of PROVIDENCE writes often by abbreviatures, hieroglyphicks or short characters, which, like the Laconism on the wall, are not to be made out but by a hint or key from that SPIRIT which indited them.
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词源
From Latin Laconia, from Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímōn, “the region surrounding the city of Sparta”).
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