1. (a.) Alt. of Laconical.

2. (n.) Laconism.

Spartan abbreviated abridged aposiopestic brief brusque clipped close close-tongued closemouthed compact compendious compressed concise condensed contracted crisp curt cut docked dumb economical of words elliptic epigrammatic gnomic indisposed to talk mum mute pithy pointed pruned quiet reserved sententious short short and sweet shortened silent snug sparing of words speechless succinct summary synopsized taciturn terse tight tight-lipped to the point tongue-tied truncated unloquacious untalkative word-bound wordless