laconic

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laconic

• laconic
• By Adam Green
• Pg. 59 of your WordSmart

Luh-KON-ik
laconic
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Mimes are usually men of few words.
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Forms and Definitions
laconic- adjective, using minimal words, concise
and to the point, seeming mysterious, of few
words, not talkative laconically- adverb
Definition and Forms courtesy of Merriam-Webster
Online Dictionary
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The mystery machine is mysterious, just like the
definition of laconic, seeming mysterious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
Synonyms Terse Concise Succinct
Foghorn-Leghorn rambles on and on.
Antonyms Voluble Garrulous Rambling
The road runner is very conciseall he ever says
is, Beep beep!
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Sample Sentences
The French exchange student was usually laconic,
for he did not know very much English yet.
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Sample sentences (cont).

• The teacher tried to be laconic so that the
  students got a chance to go outside at the end of
  the class period.

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Sample Sentences (cont).

• The man pointed us to our theatre laconically by
  merely muttering, Theatre 4.

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Activity Time!
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Trivia

• Based on the picture in your book and information
  from this slideshow, do you think that being
  laconic is a good thing, a bad thing, or both?
• TRUE or FALSE laconic is a word derived from the
  Ottoman Turks, who lived in Laconia and did not
  speak very often.

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Answers

• Laconic can be a good thing or a bad thing, it
  can be concise to the point of rudeness, a bit
  like brusque, but it can also be to the point so
  that one does not talk about the same thing over
  and over again, or ramble.
• FALSE The word is from the Greek Spartans, from
  the land of Laconia, who were known as warriors
  who rarely spoke. This could be found in the
  footnote of your WordSmart book.

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Crossword!
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