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laxness|ˈlæksnɪs|
[f. lax a. + -ness.]
The quality of being lax; laxity: a. in physical senses.
1634T. Johnson tr. Parey's Chirurg. xxvi. xlii. (1678) 658 Cold Waters or Baths..help the laxness of the bowels. 1669Holder Elem. Speech 161 It is requisite that the Tympanum be tense..; otherwise the laxness of that Membrane will..damp the sound. 1681Glanvill Sadducismus i. (1682) 155 Like some Body passing through an over-large or wide hole, where it cannot stick by reason of the laxness of the passage. 1718Quincy Compl. Disp. 6 By the greater laxness of its Contexture it will not lie in so little room. 1774Garden in Phil. Trans. LXV. 105 This carina..is very distinguishable..by its thinness, its apparent laxness.
b. in moral or intellectual senses.
1676W. Hubbard Happiness of People Pref., Too much rigidness on the one hand, or laxness on the other. 1715Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 96 The universal laxness of the age. 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. I. 51 The laxness, confusion, and barbarism which pervade this branch of the law. 1843Thackeray Ravenswing vii, Deploring..the dreadful immorality which..arose in consequence of their laxness. 1887Pall Mall Budget 21 Apr. 2/2 This criminal laxness, so alarmingly on the increase, should be nipped in the bud. 1969Daily Tel. 27 May 1/2 Mission Control has now been exonerated of any laxness in this respect, for it turns out that they were not required to remind the lunar module crew to operate this particular switch.
c. Phonetics. Of a speech-sound, esp. a vowel: the state of being lax (lax a. 5 c).
1909D. Jones Pronunc. of Eng. i. iii. 13 The tenseness or laxness of a vowel can often be observed mechanically by placing the finger on the throat between the larynx and the chin. 1956Jakobson & Halle Fund. of Lang. i. iv. 43 In the opposition of tense and lax consonants, the laxness is frequently accompanied by voicing and the tenseness by voicelessness. 1967D. Steible Conc. Handbk. Ling. 71 Laxness, a distinctive acoustic feature of English characterized by relative relaxation of the tongue and jaw while in the act of articulation. |