different between laconic vs quiescent

English

Etymology

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From Latin Lac?nicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (Lak?nikós, “Laconian”). Laconia was the region inhabited and ruled by the Spartans, who were known for their brevity in speech.

Alternative forms

• laconick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??k?n?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??k?n?k/
• Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

laconic (comparative more laconic, superlative most laconic)

1. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
   • August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift

     I grow laconick even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.

   • 1738, Zachary Grey, An Attempt towards the Character of the Royal Martyr King Charles I

     His sense was strong and his style laconic.

Synonyms

• concise, pithy, terse

Antonyms

• bombastic, long-winded, verbose, loquacious, prolix

Related terms

• laconical
• laconically
• laconism
• spartan

Translations

Anagrams

• calcino, calocin, cloacin, colanic, conical

Romanian

Etymology

From French laconique

Adjective

laconic m or n (feminine singular laconic?, masculine plural laconici, feminine and neuter plural laconice)

1. laconic

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin qui?sc?ns (“resting, reposing, sleeping”), present participle of qui?scere, from qui?s (“rest, repose, quiet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kwa??.?sn?t/, /?kwi?.?sn?t/
• Hyphenation: qui?es?cent

Adjective

quiescent (comparative more quiescent, superlative most quiescent)

1. Inactive, quiet, at rest.
   • 1840, John Wilson, “On the Genius and Character of Burns”, in John Wilson; Robert Chambers, The Land of Burns, a Series of Landscapes and Portraits, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of the Scottish Poet. The Landscapes from Paintings made Expressly for the Work, by D[avid] O[ctavius] Hill, Esq., R.S.A. The Literary Department, by Professor Wilson, of the University of Edinburgh; and Robert Chambers, Esq., Author of the “Scottish Biographical Dictionary,” “Picture of Scotland,” Etc. Etc., volume II, 2nd edition, Glasgow: Blackie & Son, Queen Street, Glasgow; South College Street, Edinburgh; and Warwick Square, London, OCLC 314762618, page ci:

     In times of national security, the feeling of Patriotism among the masses is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist—in their case national glory or national danger awakens it, and it leaps up armed cap-a-pie.
2. (orthography) Not sounded; silent.

3. (cell biology) Non-proliferating.

Synonyms

• (inactive): dormant; see also Thesaurus:inactive
• (quiet, at rest): calm, still, tranquil; see also Thesaurus:calm
• (not sounded): servile

Derived terms

• quiescence
• quiescently

Translations

See also

• acquiescent
• quiesce

Latin

Verb

qui?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of qui?sc?