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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Laxest (0.01884 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Laxest.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: lax
longgar
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lax
lax
adj 1: lacking in rigor or strictness;
“such lax and slipshod ways
are no longer acceptable”;
“lax in attending classes”;
“slack in maintaining discipline” [syn:
slack]
2: pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel
sound in `bet') [ant:
tense]
3: not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight;
“a lax rope”
[ant:
tense]
4: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;
“flaccid
muscles”;
“took his lax hand in hers”;
“gave a limp
handshake”;
“a limp gesture as if waving away all desire
to know” G.K.Chesterton;
“a slack grip” [syn:
flaccid,
limp,
slack]
5: tolerant or lenient;
“indulgent parents risk spoiling their
children”;
“procedures are lax and discipline is weak”;
“too soft on the children” [syn:
indulgent,
lenient,
soft]
6: emptying easily or excessively;
“loose bowels” [syn:
loose]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Laxest
Lax
\Lax\ (l[a^]ks), a. [Compar.
Laxer (l[a^]ks"[~e]r);
superl.
Laxest.] [L. laxus Cf.
Laches,
Languish,
Lease, v. t.,
Leash.]
1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax
bandage; lax fiber.
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The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy.
--Ray.
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2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague;
equivocal.
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The discipline was lax. --Macaulay.
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Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in
matters of the passions. --J. A.
Symonds.
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The word ``[ae]ternus'' itself is sometimes of a lax
signification. --Jortin.
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3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
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Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained;
dissolute; licentious.
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