Dictionary entry

Laconize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.