Loose
From the Latin word laxus, meaning "loose"
The root word for "lax" is "laxare", which is a Latin word meaning "to loosen" or "to relax".
lax
From the Latin word laxus, meaning "loose"
The word meaning in a lax or careless manner is spelled "lackadaisical".
adj: The Latin word for "lax" is "remissus"
Loose or slack; not tense It is from Old and Middle English
The word 'lax' is an adjective. The noun forms are laxness or laxity.
Loose
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern --LAX. That is, five letter words with 3rd letter L and 4th letter A and 5th letter X. In alphabetical order, they are: galax malax relax
The class got away with murder because the teacher's discipline was lax. His muscles were lax in sleep.
The word is formed from 'snore', a sound made while sleeping, plus 'lax', a word meaning idle. Snorlax is a lazy Pokemon that sleeps most of the time.