The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
laxes
plural of lax
• Lexas, axels, axles
Laxes
plural of Lax
• Lexas, axels, axles
Source: Wiktionary
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
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.