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Webster 1913 Edition
Lax
Lax
(lăks)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Laxer
(lăks′ẽr)
; sup
erl.
Laxest
.] 1.
Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack;
as, a
lax
bandage; lax
fiber.The flesh of that sort of fish being
lax
and spongy. Ray.
2.
Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
The discipline was
lax
. Macaulay.
Society at that epoch was lenient, if not
lax
, in matters of the passions. J. A. Symonds.
The word “æternus” itself is sometimes of a
lax
signification. Jortin.
3.
Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Syn. – Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.
Lax
,Noun.
A looseness; diarrhea.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lax
LAX
,Adj.
1.
Loose; flabby; soft; not tense, firm or rigid; as lax flesh; a lax fiber.2.
Slack; not tight or tense; as a lax cord.3.
Not firly united; of loose texture; as gravel and the like laxer matter.4.
Not rigidly exact; as a lax moral discourse.5.
Not strict; as lax morals.6.
Loose in the bowels; having too frequent discharges.LAX
,Noun.
1.
A looseness; diarrhea.2.
A species of fish or salmon. [Not in use.]