lax
A salmonA salmon.
» Some member countries have been lax in abiding by G-7 agreements.
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2 senses(Scotland, UK, dialectal)A salmon.
(slang, uncountable)Lacrosse.
Examples
9 sentencesSome member countries have been lax in abiding by G-7 agreements.
The current rules are too lax.
ruСуществующие правила слишком мягкие. — marafon
She is often lax in her duties.
Better short and sweet, than long and lax.
Parents who are lax in raising their children do them a disservice.
Origin
From Middle English lax, from Old English leax (“salmon”), from Proto-West Germanic *lahsFrom 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 (“salmon”), Icelandic lax (“salmon”), Lithuanian lašišà (“salmon”), Latvian lasis, Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ, “salmon”), Albanian leshterik (“eel-grass”). Doublet of lox.
By replacement of the syllable crosse with the cross-shaped letter x.
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