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Definition lax

Etymology 1

From Middle English lax, from Old English leax (“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 lašišŕ (“salmon”), Latvian lasis, Russian ??????? (losós?, “salmon”), Albanian leshterik (“eel-grass”). See also lox.

Noun

lax (plural laxes)

  1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin laxus (“wide, roomy, loose”).

Adjective

lax (comparative laxer, superlative laxest)

  1. Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
  2. Loose; not tight or taut.
  3. Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
  4. (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
  5. (mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.

Etymology 3

Noun

lax (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Lacrosse.

Results 473 Words with the letters LAX

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10 letter words with the letters LAX 
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6 letter words with the letters LAX 
AFFLUX 21
ALEXIA 14
ALEXIN 15
ALKOXY 20
AXILLA 15
AXLIKE 18
AXONAL 15
BIAXAL 17
CALXES 17
CLAXON 18
CLIMAX 20
COAXAL 17
EXALTS 14
EXHALE 16
FLAXEN 18
FLAXES 17
GALAXY 18
HALLUX 18
KLAXON 19
LARYNX 17
LAXEST 14
LAXITY 16
LEXICA 17
LUXATE 15
OXALIC 17
OXALIS 14
OXTAIL 14
PLEXAL 18
POLEAX 17
SEXUAL 15
SMILAX 17
WAXILY 19
XENIAL 15
XYLANS 17
5 letter words with the letters LAX 
AXELS 13
AXIAL 13
AXILE 13
AXILS 13
AXLED 14
AXLES 13
CALIX 16
CALYX 18
COXAL 16
EXALT 13
FLAXY 18
GALAX 15
LATEX 13
LAXER 13
LAXLY 16
RELAX 13
XYLAN 16
4 letter words with the letters LAX 
AXAL 12
AXEL 12
AXIL 12
AXLE 12
CALX 15
FALX 15
FLAX 15
3 letter words with the letters LAX 
LAX 11
2 letter words with the letters LAX 
AL 3
AX 9
LA 3

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