laxnessn.
/ˈlaksnəs/, U.S. /ˈlæksnəs/ The quality of being lax; laxity:
a. in physical senses.
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the world > space > [noun] > sufficient space or room > roominess
roomthiness1556
commodiousness1562
spaciousness1587
amplitude1599
laxness1634
capaciousness1642
laxity1650
roomliness1744
roominess1755
uncrampedness1882
spaciness1885
the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > muscular tension > looseness of muscles
laxation1398
relaxing?a1425
laxity1528
laxness1634
relaxity1908
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [noun] > diarrhoea
diarrhoea1398
squirtc1460
hurl?a1513
gurry?1523
lasking1527
laxity1528
lax?1529
lask1542
skittera1585
looseness1586
scouring1597
laxativeness1610
laxness1634
squitter1664
lurry1689
thorough-go-nimble1694
wherry-go-nimble1766
the trots1808
cholerine1832
squit1841
choleriform1884
tummy1888
gippy tummy1915
shit1928
Rhea sisters1935
belly wuk1943
tomtit1944
run1946
Montezuma's revenge1955
Aztec hop1962
turista1970
the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun] > loose texture
looseness1562
laxity1603
fuzziness1613
laxness1718
incompactness1727
foziness1821
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. xlii. 1075 Cold waters or baths..help the laxnesse of the bowels.
1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 161 It is requisite that the Tympanum be tense..; otherwise the laxness of that Membrane will..damp the sound.
a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 172 Like some Body passing through an over-large or wide hole, where it cannot stick by reason of the laxness of the passage.
1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 6 By the greater laxness of its Contexture it will not lie in so little room.
1774 Garden in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 105 This carina..is very distinguishable..by its thinness, its apparent laxness.
b. in moral or intellectual senses.
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society > authority > lack of strictness > [noun]
laxity1623
laschety1673
slackness1674
laxness1676
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [noun] > in matters intellectual
unphilosophicalness1687
laxity1795
laxness1841
1676 W. Hubbard Happiness of People Pref. Too much rigidness on the one hand, or laxness on the other.
1715 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 96 The universal laxness of the age.
1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. i. iii. 51 The laxness, confusion, and barbarism which pervade this branch of the law.
1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vii, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 323/1 Deploring..the dreadful immorality which..arose in consequence of their laxness.
1887 Pall Mall Budget 21 Apr. 2/2 This criminal laxness, so alarmingly on the increase, should be nipped in the bud.
1969 Daily 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 adj. 5c).
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > qualities of
colour1841
laxness1909
tenseness1918
vowel colour1948
1909 D. 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.
1956 R. Jakobson & M. 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.
1967 D. 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.
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