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lax
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /læks/
- Rhymes: -æks
- Homophone: lacks
Alternative forms
- lacks (Killian)
Etymology 1
From Middle English lax, from Old English leax (“salmon”), from Proto-West Germanic *lahs (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), from Proto-Indo-European *la?s- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lacks, lachs, lasche (“salmon”), Middle Low German las (“salmon”), German Lachs (“salmon”), Norwegian laks (“salmon”), Danish laks (“salmon”), Swedish lax (“salmon”), Icelandic lax (“salmon”), Lithuanian lašišà (“salmon”), Latvian lasis, Russian ??????? (losós?, “salmon”), Albanian leshterik (“eel-grass”). See also lox.
Noun
lax (plural laxes)
- (now chiefly Britain dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin laxus (“wide, roomy, loose”).
Adjective
lax (comparative laxer, superlative laxest)
- Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
- 1886, John Addington Symonds, Philip Sidney
- Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions.
- 1886, John Addington Symonds, Philip Sidney
- Loose; not tight or taut.
- Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
- (mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
- (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Synonyms
- (lenient, not strict): permissive, lenient, relaxed
- (loose, not tight): loose, slack
- (lacking care): blameworthy, lash, negligent, remiss, reprehensible
Antonyms
- (lenient, not strict): strict
- (loose, not tight): taut, tight
Related terms
- laxity
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
lax (uncountable)
- (slang) Lacrosse.
- 2010, Kate Kingsley, Pretty on the Outside (page 79)
- “I'm not playing lax this term,” Mimah said.
- 2010, Kate Kingsley, Pretty on the Outside (page 79)
Anagrams
- Axl
Dacian
Noun
lax
- The edible wild purslane plant.
German
Etymology
From Latin laxus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laks/
- Homophone: Lachs
Adjective
lax (comparative laxer, superlative am laxesten)
- lax
- (morale or ethics) easy, loose
Declension
Further reading
- “lax” in Duden online
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [laxs], [laks]
Noun
lax m (genitive singular lax, nominative plural laxar)
- salmon
Declension
Derived terms
- laxbleikur:
- laxbleikur litur m
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *laks, from the same source as laci? (“entice”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laks/, [??äks?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laks/, [l?ks]
Noun
lax f (genitive lacis); third declension
- deception, fraud
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Synonyms
- fraus
Descendants
- Mozarabic:
- Arabic: ???????? (?a?i)
- Hebrew: ????????? (?a?i)
References
- lax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Anagrams
- alx
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lex
Etymology
From Old English leax, from Proto-West Germanic *lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laks/, /l?ks/
Noun
lax (plural lax or laxes)
- salmon
Descendants
- English: lax
- Scots: lax
References
- “lax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-23.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lahsaz. Cognate with Old English leax, German Lachs, English lox, Old High German lahs, Yiddish ??????? (laks?).
Noun
lax m (genitive lax, plural laxar)
- (zoology) salmon
Declension
Derived terms
- Laxárdalr
Descendants
References
- lax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz. The 1000kr meaning comes from the color of the 1000kr bill which was the same color as a salmon.
Pronunciation
Noun
lax c
- salmon
- (slang) a bill with nominal value 1000 kronor or the corresponding amount of money
- Synonyms: lakan, långschal, skäring, papp
Declension
Derived terms
- laxrosa
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impure
English
Etymology
From Middle French impur, from Latin impurus
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Adjective
impure (comparative more impure, superlative most impure)
- Not pure
- Containing undesired intermixtures
- The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
- Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
- Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
- He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school.
- 2012, Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
- “No one would marry her if she was impure, don't you see?” “Impure? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.”
- Containing undesired intermixtures
Synonyms
- imperfect, tainted
Antonyms
- pure
Related terms
- impuration
- impurely
- impureness
- impurify
- impurity
Translations
Verb
impure (third-person singular simple present impures, present participle impuring, simple past and past participle impured)
- (transitive, obsolete) to defile; to pollute
References
- impure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- rumpie, umpire
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.py?/
- Rhymes: -y?
Adjective
impure
- feminine singular of impur
Italian
Adjective
impure f pl
- feminine plural of impuro
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
imp?r? (comparative imp?rius, superlative imp?rissim?)
- basely, shamefully, infamously
- impurely
Etymology 2
Adjective
imp?re
- vocative masculine singular of imp?rus
References
- impure in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impure in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impure in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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