LACONIC

laconic. Laconic, a. short, brief, concise, pithy, expressive

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{ La‐con″ic (?), La‐con″ic‐al (?), } a. [[L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. ��, fr. �� a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique.]] 1. 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.
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. His sense was strong and his style laconic. Welwood. 2. 2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
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.