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| Lactonic | a. [ From Lactone. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a lactone. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Lactonic | a. [ From Lactose. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar (lactose). [ 1913 Webster ] | | Laconic | { } a. [ L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_; a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique. ] 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. [ 1913 Webster ] I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. [ 1913 Webster ] His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall. Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy. -- Laconic, Concise. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Laconical | | Laconic | n. Laconism. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Laconical | a. See Laconic, a. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Laconically | adv. In a laconic manner. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Laconicism | n. Same as Laconism. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | laconic | (ละคอน'นิค) adj. ใช้คำน้อย, กะทัดรัด, พูดสั้น ๆ, See also: laconically adv. ดูlaconic, Syn. concise |
| | laconic | (adj) พูดน้อย, ห้วน, กะทัดรัด |
| | | | | Laconic | { } a. [ L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;, fr. &unr_;&unr_; a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique. ] 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; concise; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form. [ 1913 Webster ] I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. [ 1913 Webster ] His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall. Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy. -- Laconic, Concise. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse. Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Laconical | | Laconic | n. Laconism. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Laconical | a. See Laconic, a. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Laconically | adv. In a laconic manner. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Laconicism | n. Same as Laconism. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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