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Flacon
Flacon Fla"con (fl[.a]"k[^o]n), n. [F. See Flagon.] A small glass bottle; as, a flacon for perfume. ``Two glass flacons for the ink.' --Longfellow.
Laconian
Laconian La*co"ni*an, a. Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan. -- n. An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.
Laconic
Laconic La*con"ic, Laconical La*con"ic*al, a. [L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. ??, fr. ?? a Laconian, Laced[ae]monian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique.] 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. 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. Usage: 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.
Laconic
Laconic La*con"ic, n. Laconism. [Obs.] --Addison.
Laconical
Laconic La*con"ic, Laconical La*con"ic*al, a. [L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. ??, fr. ?? a Laconian, Laced[ae]monian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique.] 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. 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. Usage: 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.
Laconical
Laconical La*con"ic*al, a. See Laconic, a.
Laconically
Laconically La*con"ic*al*ly, adv. In a laconic manner.
LaconIcism
LaconIcism La*con"I*cism, n. Same as Laconism. --Pope.
Laconism
Laconism Lac"o*nism, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to imitate Laced[ae]monian manners, to speak laconically: cf. F. laconisme.] 1. A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style. 2. An instance of laconic style or expression.
Laconize
Laconize Lac"o*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laconized; p. pr. & vb. n. Laconizing.] [Gr. ?. See Laconic.] To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
Laconized
Laconize Lac"o*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laconized; p. pr. & vb. n. Laconizing.] [Gr. ?. See Laconic.] To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
Laconizing
Laconize Lac"o*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laconized; p. pr. & vb. n. Laconizing.] [Gr. ?. See Laconic.] To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
Melaconite
Melaconite Me*lac"o*nite, n. [Gr. me`las black + ? dust.] (Min.) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores.

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