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Laconic originally referred to people from which place?

laconic

[luh-kon-ik] / ləˈkɒn ɪk /


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Lynch’s own explanation of the image was characteristically laconic: “There’d been a fire, and so I took that picture.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

But perhaps the laconic statement from Marie Sherlock of the center-left Labour Party captured the spirit of this ugly encounter in a more realistic mode.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026

Dry humor also pervades a novel that is enriched throughout by the laconic speech of the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

When we meet Dusty, the laconic protagonist of “Rebuilding,” he has already lost so much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

In the morning the Germans run him through a second, more laconic spell of questioning while a typist clatters away in the corner.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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