Spartan
austere, disciplined, or marked by simplicity
Root
- Laconia / Sparta: Spartan brevity or plainness
Other words with the Laconia / Sparta root
- laconic: using very few words; terse
- laconicism: habit or style of being laconic
- laconism: brief, terse expression
Spartan points to Sparta, the ancient Greek city-state remembered for severe discipline and plain living.
His Spartan dorm room had a bed, a lamp, and no distractions.
Use Spartan as a culture-image, not just a synonym. The word gives laconic its cousin: brief speech and plain living both come from a spare, disciplined ideal.