Definitions For Lask

Etymology 1

From Middle English lasken, t=to diminish, weaken (the blood or other body fluids, body tissues, etc.); to thin (the blood through bloodletting); to alleviate (pain, sickness); to grow weak; to shorten (one’s life), from , , laschier ("to let go of, release; to loosen, relax") (modern ), from , *lassicāre, from Latin *laxicāre, the of , the of laxō ("to relax, weaken; to release, undo; to make wide, open"), from laxus, t=free, loose, slack; roomy, spacious, wide,, *(s)leh₁g-, t=faint; weak.

Verb

(intransitive, obsolete) To have loose#adjective, loose bowels; to suffer from diarrhoea.

Alternative forms

laske

Etymology 2

From Middle English laske, t=lax, weak; of the bowels: loose, from , , lasche ("not taut or tight, limp") (modern ), from , laschier ("to let go of, release; to loosen, relax"): see further at #etymology 1, etymology 1.

Adjective

(obsolete) lax#adjective, lax, weak; specifically of the bowels: affect#verb, affected by diarrhoea; loose#adjective, loose.

Etymology 3

From the : see #etymology 2, etymology 2., noformat=1, id=105978, date=June 2021

Noun

LASK. (countable and uncountable, plural LASKs) (uncountable, chiefly, veterinary medicine) Originally of both persons and animals, now only of animals: looseness of the bowels; diarrhoea; (countable) a bout#noun, bout of this ailment.

Alternative forms

laske

Anagrams

Salk, alks