Lax

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /læks/
• Rhymes: -æks
• Homophones: lacks

Alternative forms

• lacks Killian

From Middle English lax, from Old English leax ("salmon"), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz ("salmon"), from Proto-Indo-European *lAḱis- ("salmon, trout"). Cognate with Middle Dutch lacks, lachs, lasche ("salmon"), Middle Low German las ("salmon"), German Lachs ("salmon"), Danish laks ("salmon"), Swedish lax ("salmon"), Icelandic lax ("salmon"), Lithuanian lašišà ("salmon"), Latvian lasis, Russian лосось (losos, "salmon"), Albanian leshterik ("eel-grass"). See also lox.

Full definition of lax

Noun

1. (Now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.

From Latin laxus ("wide, roomy, loose")

Adjective

1. lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend.
• J. A. SymondsSociety at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions.
2. loose; not tight or taut.The rope fell lax.
• Raythe flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy
3. lacking care; neglectful, negligent
• 2011, October 1, Phil Dawkes, Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom, Prior to this match, Albion had only scored three league goals all season, but Wes Brown's lax marking allowed Morrison to head in their fourth from a Chris Brunt free-kick and then, a minute later, the initial squandering of possession and Michael Turner's lack of pace let Long run through to slot in another.
4. (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

Synonyms

• (lenient, not strict) permissive, lenient
• (loose, not tight) loose, slack

Antonyms

• (lenient, not strict) strict
• (loose, not tight) taut, tight

Noun

1. lacrosse----