LAXES

Noun

laxes

plural of lax

Anagrams

• Lexas, axels, axles

Proper noun

Laxes

plural of Lax

Anagrams

• Lexas, axels, axles

Source: Wiktionary


LAX

Lax, a. [Compar. Laxer; superl. Laxest.] Etym: [L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash.]

1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. Ray.

2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. The discipline was lax. Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. J. A. Symonds. The word "æternus" itself is sometimes of a lax signification. Jortin.

3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Syn.

– Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.

Lax, n.

Definition: A looseness; diarrhea.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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