Definition/Meaning of lax

• English - Noun: lax (plural laxes) (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A salmon . lax (uncountable) (slang, uncountable) lacrosse . 2010, Kate Kingsley, Pretty on the Outside, page 79: “I'm not playing lax this term,” Mimah said. lax (plural laxes) (abbreviation, clipping, informal) Clipping of laxative .
• English - Adjective: lax (comparative laxer, superlative laxest) Lenient and allowing for deviation ; not strict . The rules are fairly lax , but you have to know which ones you can bend. 1886, John Addington Symonds, Philip Sidney: Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax , in matters of the passions. Loose ; not tight or taut . The rope fell lax . 1979, “Genetical Studies on Dense and Lax Panicles In Rice”,…
• English - Alternative forms: lacks ( Killian )
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English lax , from Old English leax (“salmon”), from Proto-West Germanic *lahs (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“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…
• English - Pronunciation: (UK, US) IPA: /læks/ Rhymes: -æks Homophone: lacs Homophone: lacks Homophone: lakhs (one pronunciation) Homophone: lacs Homophone: lacks