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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

Stanfield’s laconic intensity is the perfect foil for Riley’s own unpredictability.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Ms. Phillips’s father was a World War II veteran and a failed businessman, the offspring of a once-proud Confederate family; he bore his humiliations with laconic stoicism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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

“It is sold, sir,” was again his laconic reply.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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