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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

He trudged back to his post by the campus gate before delivering a laconic response to a reporter’s question.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 12, 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

As played by the terrific Mr. Lutken, he is cordial but laconic, and possessed of a cool, dry humor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

Breakfast conversation is limited to a series of laconic grunts.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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