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4 words match “LACONIAN”

LACONIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan. -- n.
LACONIC; LACONICAL a. 2 definitions
Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. 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. His sense was str…
LACONIZE v.
To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
WAYFARE v.
To journey; to travel; to go to and fro. [Obs.] A certain Laconian, as he wayfared, came unto a place where there dwelt an old friend of his. Holland.