Popular Wordlists
  • word of the day

    laconic

    laconic - Dictionary definition and meaning for word laconic

    Definition
    (adj) brief and to the point; effectively cut short
    Synonyms : crisp , curt , terse
    Example Sentence
    • a crisp retort
    • a response so curt as to be almost rude
    • the laconic reply; `yes'
    • short and terse and easy to understand
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for laconic

Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary

LAC..LACK, SO LACK OF WORDS in her speech, specify that she used very few words to portray her ideas.

Laconic = Lacking in sonic.

La - conic There is a LAck of words in the COMIC book. (lack-comic)

LACONIC: it ends with conic... which looks like CONCISE-- using few words

LA+CONE....I asked my friend to bring a cone so that I can underline the important lines and make a speech that is laconic and to the point

La-CONIC Conic sections are shapes taken from the intersection of a plane with a cone. Cone -> Sharp point

Lac(Lack) conic (communic-ation)--- Lack in communication means speech

To <B>Lack Phonic</B>

likho nic. not full

laconicus 'of Sparta', from Greek lakonikos; because the people of ancient Sparta were famous for not using many words]

churlish is rhyming to chal-ri which means to be rude to a girl

laconic = lac ( lakh ) + on + ic ( integrated circuit); Lakh line programs on integrated circuit, so everthing abt the operation is concise in the chip.

sound like la+ conic. french for the cone. a cone has a pointed to..hence its to the point.

It's a writer who gets a lack on..in other words when his lack is off he writes a lot..and when his lack is on ...he writes a little bcz he lacks many words

means lacking in words. "lacks in phonics" phonics deal with words/speech

He was not one prone to speak. His manner was LACONIC. The request was to his bar-keep. . . Three words -- “Gin And Tonic”.

receive

COMIC(conic) books don't use LACs of words and use only few words as most of the things are cleared through pictures

Download our Mobile App Today
Receive our word of the day
on Whatsapp