laconize

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?]. See laconic, +‎ -ize.

Verb

laconize (third-person singular simple present laconizes, present participle laconizing, simple past and past participle laconized)

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for laconize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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