Lăc'e-o-nĭsm, n.

n. [Lat. Laconismus, Gr. Λακωνισμός, from Λακωνίζειν, to imitate Lacedemonian manners, to speak laconically; Fr. laconisme, It. & Sp. laconismo.]

1. A concise manner of expression; laconic style.
2. An instance of laconic style or expression; a brief, sententious phrase; a laconicism.