the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.
n. An instance of laconic style or expression.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Pointed brevity of speech or expression; sententiousness; conciseness; pithiness.
n. A concise or pithy expression; an utterance conveying much meaning in few words.
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n. terseness of expression
Word Usage
"First he had not sufficient command of English to translate with the necessary laconism and assonance: secondly in his day British Philistinism was too rampant to permit a literal translation."