Skimpy vs Laconic - What's the difference?
skimpy | laconic |
Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
(Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing.
* 2000 , Australian Journal of Mining ,
* 2007 , Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia , Lonely Planet,
* 2010 , Kathy Marks, Tears of the Sun'', Robert Drewe (editor), ''The Best Australian Essays 2010 ,
Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
* Alexander Pope
* Welwood
As adjectives the difference between skimpy and laconic
is that skimpy is small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing while laconic is using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.As a noun skimpy
is a barmaid who wears little clothing.skimpy
English
Adjective
(er)- Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?
- They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.
Noun
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- It's a curious mix: weatherworn miners, fresh faced bankers, and a couple of g-stringed skimpies .
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- For an anthropological experience, the front bar at the Exchange Hotel provides a window into some locals? lives at all hours of the day, with skimpies , TV sports and mine workers chain-drinking.
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- ‘There are thirty-two hotels in Kalgoorlie, and only seven would have skimpies [scantily clad barmaids].’
Derived terms
* skimpy worklaconic
English
(Laconic phrase)Adjective
(en adjective)- I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.
- His sense was strong and his style laconic .