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{"id": "laconic", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "laconic", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "laconically", "text": "laconically"}, {"id": "laconicism", "text": "laconicism"}, {"id": "laconism", "text": "laconism"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["mid 16th century (in the sense \u2018Laconian\u2019): via Latin from Greek Lak\u014dnikos, from Lak\u014dn \u2018Laconia, Sparta\u2019, the Spartans being known for their terse speech"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/laconic_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "l\u0259\u02c8k\u0252n\u026ak"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["(of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words"], "examples": [{"text": "his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic"}], "id": "m_en_gbus0559830.005", "shortDefinitions": ["using very few words"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "brief"}, {"language": "en", "text": "concise"}, {"language": "en", "text": "terse"}, {"language": "en", "text": "succinct"}, {"language": "en", "text": "short"}, {"language": "en", "text": "economical"}, {"language": "en", "text": "elliptical"}, {"language": "en", "text": "crisp"}, {"language": "en", "text": "pithy"}, {"language": "en", "text": "to the point"}, {"language": "en", "text": "incisive"}, {"language": "en", "text": "short and sweet"}, {"language": "en", "text": "compendious"}, {"language": "en", "text": "taciturn"}, {"language": "en", "text": "of few words"}, {"language": "en", "text": "uncommunicative"}, {"language": "en", "text": "reticent"}, {"language": "en", "text": "quiet"}, {"language": "en", "text": "untalkative"}, {"language": "en", "text": "reserved"}, {"language": "en", "text": "silent"}, {"language": "en", "text": "speechless"}, {"language": "en", "text": "tight-lipped"}, {"language": "en", "text": "unforthcoming"}, {"language": "en", "text": "brusque"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "laconic", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0008500.001"}, {"entry_id": "laconic", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0008500.002"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "adjective", "text": "Adjective"}, "text": "laconic"}], "type": "headword", "word": "laconic"}], "word": "laconic"}
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