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Definition: Laxity |
LaxityNoun1. The quality of being lax and neglectful. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "laxity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Synonyms: LaxitySynonyms: laxness (n), remissness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Coherence | Noun: nonadhesion; immiscibility; incoherence; looseness; Adjective: laxity; relaxation; loosening; Verb: freedom; disjunction; rope of sand. |
Error | Noun: error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension, misstanding, misunderstanding; inexactness; Adjective: laxity; misconstruction; (misinterpretation); miscomputation; (misjudgment); non sequitur; mis-statement, mis-report; mumpsimus. |
Improbity | Shabbiness; Adjective: villainy, villany; baseness; Adjective: abjection, debasement, turpitude, moral turpitude, laxity, trimming, shuffling. |
Irreligion | Noun: irreligion, indevotion; godlessness, ungodliness; Adjective: laxity, quietism. |
Laxity | Noun: laxity; laxness, looseness, slackness; toleration; (lenity); freedom. |
Nonobservance | Noun: nonobservance; evasion, inobservance, failure, omission, neglect, laches, laxity, informality. |
Softness | Noun: softness, pliableness. Adjective: flexibility; pliancy, pliability; sequacity, malleability; ductility, tractility; extendibility, extensibility; plasticity; inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity. |
Vice | Immorality, impropriety, indecorum, scandal, laxity, looseness of morals; enphagy, dophagy, exophagy; want of principle, want of ballast; obliquity, backsliding, infamy, demoralization, pravity, depravity, pollution; hardness of heart; brutality; (malevolence); corruption; (debasement); knavery; (improbity); profligacy; flagrancy, atrocity; cannibalism; lesbianism, Sadism. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Laxity |
| English words defined with "laxity": Flagginess ♦ Rigorism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "laxity": SAFETY INSPECTOR. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Common eye problems include myopia (nearsightedness) and a high incidence of "lazy eye." Orthopedic difficulties related to flat feet and joint laxity may occur. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Laxity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Laxity" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 38 | 55,818 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
laxity | 8 |
ligamentous laxity | 7 |
laxity ligament | 5 |
laxity shoulder | 4 |
joint laxity | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "laxity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lëshim (coast, concession, discharge, droop, drop, emission, failure, flaccidity, flagging, funk, issuance, issue, launch, launching, laxness, megrims, profligacy, release, relief, sag, tolerance), tolerim, shthurje (depravity, dissipation, lecherousness, lechery, profligacy, unbraiding, undoing, venery), shkujdesje (carelessness, disregard, ease, improvidence, inadvertence, inadvertency, insouciance, lightness, negligence, thoughtlessness, unconcern, untidiness), butësi (clemency, delicacy, ductility, flabbiness, geniality, gentleness, girlishness, languor, lenience, leniency, lenity, lightness, meekness, mercifulness, mildness, placability, tenderness, velvet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لين (clemency, ductile, elastic, flabbiness, flabby, flaccid, flaccidity, flexible, gentleness, lax, lenience, leniency, limp, limpness, loose, make flexible, make soft, make tender, malleable, manageable, mellow, mildness, moderate, plastic, plasticize, pliable, pliant, resilient, soft, soften, supple, temper, tender, yielding), إنحلال (decadence, decay, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, disintegration, dissolution, foulness, loosestrife, putrefaction, putridity, resolution, solution), إرتخاء (limp, limpness, resolution, sluggishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | слабохарактерност (frailty, infirmity), разврат (debaucheries, debauchery, depravation, filth, filthiness, fornication, immorality, lechery, profligacy, riot), разпуснатост (dissipation, incontinence, licence, license, loose, profligacy), отпуснатост (enervation, flabbiness, languor, lethargy, looseness, slouch), неточност (impropriety, inaccuracy, inexactitude, inexactness, inveracity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ledabylost (carelessness, untidiness), laxnost, nedbalost (carelessness, negligence, offhandedness, slackness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | forsoemmelighed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | laksheid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | höllyys (looseness, slackness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | laxité, laxisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | laxheit (laxness, looseness), nachlässigkeit (carelessness, inattentiveness, laxness, neglect, negligence, perfunctoriness, slackness, sloppiness, thoughtlessness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χαλαρότησ (looseness, slack, slackness), χαλαρότητα (flabbiness, flaccidity, limpness, looseness, slack, slackness), ευκοιλιότησ, ευκοιλιότητα (diarrhoea), ατονία (debility, infirmity, languor, lassitude, listlessness, nervelessness, prostration, tonelessness, weakness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רפיון (flabbiness, inertia, inertness, laxation, limpness, looseness, slack, slackness), רפיפות (instability, lability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lazaság (laxaty, looseness, slack, slackness, sleaziness), ernyedtség (enervation, flabbiness, laxaty, limpness, slackness, torpor), pontatlanság (imprecision, inaccuracy, inexactitude, inexactness, roughness), pongyolaság, petyhüdtség (flabbiness, laxaty, limpness, looseness), lazulás (chafing, looseness, relaxation, slack, slackening), lágy széklet, feslettség (corruption, laxaty, lewdness), erélytelenség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lassismo, negligenza (abandonment, carelessness, neglect, negligence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 緩 (negligence), "漫 (indiscretion, looseness, whimsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ほうま" (corpulent, indiscretion, looseness, plump, satiety, stout, surfeit, voluptuous, whimsy), か"たい (armada, fleet, friendly reception, frigid zone, hospitality, negligence, warm reception, warm welcome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuchurrymaght (carelessness), feayslaght (looseness, solubility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | slapphet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | axitylay laxativo (aperient, bottle opener, deobstruent, depletive, laxative, loose, looseness, purgative, relaxing), lassidão (heaviness, lassitude), relaxamento (looseness, relaxation), imprecisão (dimness, haziness, uncertainty), frouxidão (bleakness, flatness, looseness), desleixo (neglect, negligence, slatternliness, slouch, untidiness). (various references) lipsã de exactitate, lipsã de disciplina, relaxare (easy, let down, relaxation), nepãsare (apathy, carelessness, casualness, disregard, indifference, listlessness, negligence, nonchalance, recklessness, remissness, sloth, unconcern), moliciune (atony, flabbiness, softness), caracter lax. (various references) распущенность (bestiality, debauchery, licence, license, licentiousness, rakishness). (various references) labavost (limpness, looseness, slack, slackness). (various references) laxitud (looseness). (various references) löslighet (laxness, solubility), löshet (laxness), slapphet (flaccidity, languor, laxness, slackness). (various references) ความหย่อน (laxation). (various references) umursamazlık (indifference, laxness, listlessness, negligence, nonchalance, recklessness, unconcern, unconcernedness), ihmalkârlık (carelessness, dereliction, laxness, negligence, offhandedness, remissness), ihmalcilik (carelessness, dereliction, laxness, negligence, offhandedness, remissness), gevşeklik (enervation, flabbiness, laxness, limpness, looseness, slack, slackness, softness), belirsizlik (ambiguity, dark, doubtfulness, dreaminess, dreariness, drift, dubiousness, equivocalness, fogginess, fuzziness, generality, gloom, haze, haziness, if, incalculability, indefiniteness, indistinctness, laxness, limbo, suspense, troubled waters, twilight world, twilight zone, uncertainty, vagueness). (various references) слабкість (adynamia, damp, debilitation, faintness, vice, weakness), нещільність, недбалість (backwardness, carelessness, looseness, neglect, negligence, nonchalance, offhandedness, oscitancy, oscitation, preterition, pretermission, slapdash), безладність (indiscriminateness, promiscuity, scrappiness). (various references) tính lờ phờ tính không mềm, tính không rõ r ng (indefiniteness, indefinitude, indescribability, indescribableness, inexplicitness), tình trạng nhâo, tình trạng lỏng lẻo (laxness). (various references) llacrwydd (slackness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Laxity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aloxite, axity, Kafity, lavity, laxi, laxish, laxolt, laxt, layity, Leixit, lexit, lexity, Ulexite. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "laxity" (pronounced la"ksutē) |
| 5 | -k s u t ē | complexity, perplexity. |
| 4 | -s u t ē | adversity, analyticity, animosity, atrocity, audacity, authenticity, biodiversity, capacity, complicity, curiosity, density, diversity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, ethnicity, falsity, Felicity, ferocity, generosity, incapacity, intensity, mendacity, monstrosity, multiplicity, necessity, obesity, opacity, overcapacity, paucity, perversity, pomposity, propensity, publicity, reciprocity, religiosity, scarcity, simplicity, specificity, tenacity, toxicity, university, varsity, velocity, veracity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, austerity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, divinity, docility, duality, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, femininity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opportunity, originality, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, personality, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, velvety, venality, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, visibility, vitality, volatility, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-t-x-y" | |
-1 letter: laity. | |
-2 letters: alit, axil, lati, tail, tali, taxi. | |
-3 letters: ail, ait, alt, lat, lax, lay, lit, tax, til. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, at, ax, ay, it, la, li, ta, ti, xi, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-t-x-y" | |
+2 letters: axiality, taxingly. | |
+3 letters: extrality, inexactly, sexuality. | |
+4 letters: anxiolytic, asexuality, exactingly, exotically, lexicality. | |
+5 letters: anxiolytics, bisexuality, epitaxially, exemplarity, explicatory, externality, hematoxylin, luxuriantly, oxidatively, phyllotaxis, phytoalexin, proximately, triaxiality, vexatiously. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 78 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -..- .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01111000 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a x i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0078 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)466790758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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