Vocabulary : Lacklustre to Laconized
Lacklustre : A want of luster. ;; Wanting luster or brightness.Lacmus : See Litmus.
Laconian : Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan. ;; An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.
Laconic : Alt. of Laconical ;; Laconism.
Laconical : 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. ;; Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching. ;; See Laconic, a.