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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lax /læks/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - not strict or severe; careless:lax morals.
- slack;
not tense:a lax rope. - not rigidly exact or precise;
vague:lax thinking.
lax•i•ty/ˈlæksɪti/USA pronunciation lax•ness, n. [uncountable] lax•ly, adv. See -lax-.-lax-, root. - -lax- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "loose, slack.'' This meaning is found in such words as: lax, laxative, relax.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lax (laks),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - not strict or severe;
careless or negligent:lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline. - loose or slack;
not tense, rigid, or firm:a lax rope; a lax handshake. - not rigidly exact or precise;
vague:lax ideas. - open, loose, or not retentive, as diarrheal bowels.
- (of a person) having the bowels unusually loose or open.
- open or not compact;
having a loosely cohering structure;
porous:lax tissue; lax texture. - Phonetics(of a vowel) articulated with relatively relaxed tongue muscles. Cf. tense1 (def. 4).
- Latin laxus loose, slack, wide; akin to languēre to languish; cognate with Old English slæc slack1
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lax /læks/ adj - lacking firmness; not strict
- lacking precision or definition
- not taut
- (of a speech sound) pronounced with little muscular effort and consequently having relatively imprecise accuracy of articulation and little temporal duration. In English the vowel i in bit is lax
Etymology: 14th Century (originally used with reference to the bowels): from Latin laxus looseˈlaxly adv ˈlaxity, ˈlaxness n |