A laconic phrase or laconism is a
concise
Concise is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Concise is first mentioned in 1179 as ''Concisa''.
Geography
Concise has an area, , of . Of this area, or 24.4% is used for agr ...
or
terse statement, especially a
blunt
Blunt may refer to:
* Blunt (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name)
* Blunt (cigar), a term used in the cigar industry to designate blunt-tipped, usually factory-rolled cigars
* Blunt (cannabis), a slang term used in cannabis cult ...
and
elliptical
Elliptical may mean:
* having the shape of an ellipse, or more broadly, any oval shape
** in botany, having an elliptic leaf shape
** of aircraft wings, having an elliptical planform
* characterised by ellipsis (the omission of words), or by conc ...
rejoinder. It is named after
Laconia
Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word ''laconic''—to speak in a blunt, c ...
, the region of Greece including the city of
Sparta
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...
, whose ancient inhabitants had a reputation for verbal austerity and were famous for their often
pithy
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