noun. Terseness or succinctness of style or expression.

noun. Pointed brevity of speech or expression; sententiousness; conciseness; pithiness.

noun. A concise or pithy expression; an utterance conveying much meaning in few words.

noun. A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.

noun. An instance of laconic style or expression.

noun. Extreme brevity in expression.

noun. A very or notably brief expression.

noun. terseness of expression

"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."

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