From Latin Lacōnicus, from Ancient Greek Λακωνικός.

• (RP) IPA: /ləˈkɒnɪk/
• (America) IPA: /ləˈkɑnɪk/

laconic

1. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
   • August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift:

     I grow laconick even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.

• concise, pithy, terse

• bombastic, long-winded, verbose, loquacious, prolix

• laconical
• laconically
• laconism
• spartan

• French: laconique
• German: lakonisch, wortkarg
• Italian: laconico
• Portuguese: lacónico (Portugal), lacônico (Brazil)
• Russian: лакони́чный
• Spanish: lacónico

laconic

1. Of or relating to ancient Laconia in Greece.