laconicismn.
/ləˈkɒnᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ləˈkɑnəˌsɪzəm/ = laconism n. 2a, 2b.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun]
fastness?a1200
compendiousness1398
short speaking14..
shortness?c1450
brevity1509
briefness1530
pithiness1557
laconism1570
succinctness1609
parsimony1650
laconicism1656
nexility1656
syntomy1656
conciseness1659
closeness1712
compendiosity1727
pressness1728
abruptness1731
concision1774
laconicalness1830
compactness1841
terseness1864
Spartanhood1880
Spartanism1880
brachylogy1882–3
condensity1885
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun] > a concise expression
aphorisma1593
brachylogy1623
laconicism1656
monogram1656
laconisma1682
laconic1718
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Laconicism, a short speech, containing much matter.
1694 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle Pref. sig. A2 v This made the learned..Authour affect a certain vigorous laconicism in all his writings.
1736 A. Pope Corr. 17 Aug. (1956) IV. 27 I grow Laconic even beyond Laconicisme.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 374 Graceful without diffusion, and terse without laconicism.
1802 Ann. Reg. 1801 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 207 Highly as the laconicism of Buonaparte has been admired we [etc.].
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