Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lacedaemonian Letter

(The). The Greek (iota), the smallest of all letters. Laconic brevity. (See Laconic.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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