25 January 2015

laconic

[luh-kon-ik]

adjective
1. using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:
a laconic reply.

Origin
Latin, Greek
1580-1590; < Latin Lacōnicus < Greek Lakōnikós Laconian, equivalent to Lákōn a Laconian + -ikos -ic

Related forms
laconically, adverb
unlaconic, adjective

Synonyms
brief, pithy, terse; succinct.

Antonyms
voluble.

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Examples from the web for laconic
– The crew members themselves are laconic about the planned mission.
– When it is so spot on that there can be no reasoned argument against it, the result is inchoate unreasoned laconic anger.
– Her language carves- and the instrument used is tonally blunt, laconic, as incisive as suits the purpose.

Anagram

conical
can coil
nil coca

Today’s aphorism

If every eight year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.

– Dalai Lama

On this day

25 January 1947 – Infamous gangster, Al Capone, dies of pneumonia and heart failure. He was born on 17 January 1899.

25 January 1971 – Ugandan General, Idi Amin seizes power while President Milton Obote is away. Amin’s brutal, 8-year dictatorship resulted in the murders of between 100,000 to 500,000 people. In 1979, Amin fled to Libya and later to Saudi Arabia, where he remained until his death on 16 August 2003.

25 January 1974 – Record flooding in Brisbane caused by Tropical Cyclone Wanda. During a 36 hour period, 642mm fell on Brisbane city, causing the deaths of 14 people, and flooding at least 6,700 houses.