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Laxness

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Noun

1. laxity, laxness, remissness, slackness

the quality of being lax and neglectful

2. laxity, laxness

the condition of being physiologically lax

Example Sentences:
'baths can help the laxness of the bowels'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Laxness

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noun
Halldór (Kiljan) (haldəʊr). 1902–98, Icelandic novelist, noted for his treatment of rural working life in Iceland. His works include Salka Valka (1932) and Independent People (1935). Nobel prize for literature 1955

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Laxness

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Halldór (Kiljan) (ˈhɑldɔʀ) ; hälˈdôr) (born Halldór Gudjonsson) 1902-98; Icelandic novelist

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Laxness

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adj. lax·er, lax·est
1. Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness. See Synonyms at negligent.
2. Not taut, firm, or compact; slack. See Synonyms at loose.
3. Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements.
4. Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed, as the vowel (ĕ) in let.

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