Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laxity

/ˈlaksɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: lax-i-ty
IPA: /ˈlaksɪti/

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In these days of laxity, and anythingism in religion, even those of whom we might hope better things do not appear exercised, with the apostle Paul, to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men."
"It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French laxité, itself borrowed from Latin laxitas, laxitatem, from laxus. By surface analysis, lax + -ity.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: laxitas

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈlaksɪti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

laxities (plural)

Derived Forms

hyperlaxity patholaxity

Synonyms

laxness remissness slackness

Questions

How do you pronounce laxity?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlaksɪti/.
What does laxity mean?: The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
Where does laxity come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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