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verb
To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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History
From Ancient Greek λακωνίζω (lakōnízō), from Λάκων (Lákōn). By surface analysis, laconic + -ize.
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