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Lois

Lois

See also: lois, Loïs, and lois-

English

Proper noun

Lois

  1. The grandmother of Timothy who is mentioned in an epistle to him.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV):: 2 Timothy 1: 5:
      When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
  2. A female given name of biblical origin.
    • 1962 V.S.Naipaul: The Middle Passage: p.48:
      Modernity might also lie in a name like Lois - pronounced Loys in Trinidad - which came to the island in the 1940s through Lois Lane, the heroine of the American Superman comic strip.

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lois

lois

See also: Lois, Loïs, and lois-

Dalmatian

Adjective

lois

  1. smooth

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lwa/

Noun

lois f pl

  1. plural of loi (law)

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Old French

Noun

lois f pl

  1. inflection of loi:
    1. oblique plural
    2. nominative plural