Lex
(informal) Lexington.
A pet form of the male given name Alexander.
A pet form of the female given names Alexandra, Alexia, and Alexis.
lex (third-person singular simple present lexes, present participle lexing, simple past and past participle lexed)
(computing) To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.
lex (plural lexes)
(linguistics) A specific inflected form of a word; compare lexeme.
Source: Wiktionary
Lex, n.; pl. Leges. Etym: [L. See Legal.]
Definition: Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terræ, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
