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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.

    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 ``[ae]ternus'' itself is sometimes of a lax signification.
    --Jortin.

  3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

    Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.

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laxest

a. (en-superlativelax)