Definitions for laconisms

laconisms lac·o·nism

Spelling: [lak-uh-niz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈlæk əˌnɪz əm/

Laconisms is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 546 anagrams from letters in laconisms (acilmnoss).

Definitions for laconisms

noun

  1. laconic brevity.
  2. a laconic utterance or sentence.

Origin of laconisms

1560-70; Greek lakōnismós, noun answering to lakōnízein to favor or imitate the Spartans. See laconic, -ism

Examples for laconisms

You may, perhaps, imagine that laconism could no further go.

She answered other questions with equal firmness and laconism.

This laconism came from the lips of a young man who was walking along the Levee of New Orleans.

His friend obeyed him, more alarmed by Andre's laconism than he could have been by some sudden explosion of passion.

This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist.

He was the Spartan of Tobymen, and laconism was the short soul of his professional legislation!

Word Value for laconisms
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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