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laconic (luh-KON-ik) adjective
Sparing with words, concise, terse. [From Latin Laconicus, from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon, Laconian, a resident of Laconia, an ancient country in southern Greece (Capital: Sparta). From the the reputation of the Laconians for terseness.] "A studied cool prevails, the athletes communicating through laconic signals, minimalist gestures and misdirected glances." John Brant, Sights Set on Sydney, Runner's World, Sep 1, 1998. This week's theme: Words from the names of newspapers. Example: The Standard Laconic (Snow Hill, North Carolina). ............................................................................ If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? -Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918- ) Subscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html Unsubscribe: http://wordsmith.org/awad/unsubscribe.html Change address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/address-change.html Gift subscription: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/laconic.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/laconic.ram
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