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adjective

Lax adj. (compar. laxer; superl. laxest)

Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. "The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy."

Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. "The discipline was lax." "Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions." "The word "aeternus" itself is sometimes of a lax signification."

Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Synonyms: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.

noun

Lax n. A looseness; diarrhea.

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Etymology of 'Lax'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lax" Quotes from Famous Books

... such a character that the true conifers show rings of growth, not larger, nor much less distinct, than those of many of their modern congeners. The Sigillariae and Calamites were not, as often supposed, composed wholly, or even principally, of lax and soft tissues, or necessarily short-lived. The former had, it is true, a very thick inner bark; but their dense woody axis, their thick and nearly imperishable outer bark, and their scanty and rigid foliage, would indicate no very rapid growth or decay. In the case of the Sigillariae, ...

— Critiques and Addresses • Thomas Henry Huxley

... He grew lax in his tasks; he dragged his feet and there were even times when he was not hungry. When his mother noticed the latter circumstance she knew surely that the boy was ill, but her ...

— The Young Trailers - A Story of Early Kentucky • Joseph A. Altsheler

... administered the Chancery. Suitors did there what people did everywhere else; they acknowledged by a present the trouble they gave, or the benefit they gained. It may be that Bacon's known difficulties about money, his expensive ways and love of pomp, his easiness of nature, his lax discipline over his servants, encouraged this profuseness of giving. And Bacon let it be. He asked no questions; he knew that he worked hard and well; he knew that it could go on without affecting his ...

— Bacon - English Men Of Letters, Edited By John Morley • Richard William Church

... commander-in-chief lacks insight, force and determination, the discipline of the army will be lax and its efficiency greatly impaired. If he is a craven, without faith in himself and in the cause he represents, his lack of courage, his doubt and indecision will communicate themselves to the whole army, resulting in ...

— Nature Cure • Henry Lindlahr

... or common, was an undivided waste of above 6000 acres. The saying is applied to persons of lax principles, who can accommodate their ...

— The Proverbs of Scotland • Alexander Hislop

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