Dictionary: LAC – LACZ

• LAC
n. 1. c1885 Anglo-Indian – a large number of quantity; very many 
n. 2. 1980s African-American & rap music sl. – a Cadillac  
 
• LACATAN
n. 1950s W. Indies – a short, stoutish person  
 
• LACE
n. 1. 1712 – a ‘dash’ of spirits mixed with some beverage, esp. coffee
n. 2. 18C sl. – sugar  
n. 3. 1869 Eng. dial. – a small crack or break in stone  
n. 4. c1930 Brit. rhyming sl. (Burton) – beer, orig. Burton; hence, any beer 
n. 5. 1960s US homosexual sl. – the foreskin  
n. 6. 1971 US sl. – money  
n. 7. 1998 UK sl. – a combination of marijuana and cocaine  
vb. 1. 1599 – to lash, beat, thrash
vb. 2. 1687 – to put a ‘lace’ of spirits into a beverage
vb. 3. 1891 US sl. – in baseball: to hit a ball hard  
vb. 4. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to carry, to convey  
vb. 5. Bk1902 Eng. & Amer. dial. – to walk or go rapidly; to go along at great speed  
vb. 6. a1971 US sl. – to swindle 
vb. 7. 1981 US sl. – to shoot with an automatic weapon  
vb. 8. 1996 US sl. – to have sexual intercourse  
 
• LACE A PERSON’S JACKET
vb. 1746 Eng. dial. – to beat; to beat in competition  
 
• LACEAWAY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a shoe with three to five lace holes on a side  
 
• LACEBACKS
n. 1976 Amer. dial. – overall pants  
 
• LACE CARD
n. 1941 US sl. – the foreskin of an uncircumcised penis  
 
• LACE CURTAIN
n. 1. 1926 Amer. dial. – a window curtain as distinguished from a window shade, irrespective of material  
n. 2. c1930 Brit. rhyming sl. (Burton) – beer, orig. Burton; hence, any beer  
n. 3. 1940s homosexual sl. – a (long) foreskin  
 
• LACE-CURTAIN IRISH
phr. 1934 Amer. dial. – Irish Americans who prospered or married well, or those having social or economic pretensions  
 
• LACE-CURTAIN LESBIAN
n. 1969 US sl. – a lesbian whose mannerisms and affectations do not suggest her sexual preference  
 
• LACE CURTAINS
n. 1. 1919 US jocular usage – whiskers, esp. false whiskers used in the theatre; a beard
n. 2. 1966 US homosexual sl. – the foreskin of the uncircumcised penis; generally plural  
 
• LACED
adj. 1. 17C sl. – of a drink: mixed or combined with something  
adj. 2. c1690 Brit. sl. – of coffee: sugared
adj. 3. 1900s US sl. – dressed up and bejewelled  
adj. 4. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – drunk  
adj. 5. 1970s African-American sl. – extremely sophisticated  
adj. 6. 1970s sl. – of a drug: mixed or combined with something  
adj. 7. 1988 US drug culture sl. – drug-intoxicated, esp. marijuana-intoxicated  
adj. 8. 2000s sl. – of music: mixed  
 
• LACED BY THE NECK
adj. 1. 1900s US sl. – dressed up and bejewelled  
adj. 2. 1970s African-American sl. – extremely sophisticated  
 
• LACED-CUP
n. 1876 Eng. dial. – tea or coffee mixed with spirits  
 
• LACED JACKET
n. 1824 US sl. – a sound whipping or beating  
 
• LACED MUTTON
n. 1578 sl. obs. – a strumpet; a prostitute; a wanton woman
n. 2. 16C sl. – any woman
n. 4. E19 sl. – a woman dressed to appear younger than her years  
 
• LACE INTO
vb. E19 sl. – to attack, to beat, to thrash  
 
• LACE ONE’S COAT WITH GOLD
vb. 1960 Amer. dial. – to embellish one’s reputation  
 
• LACE QUEEN
n. 1988 US homosexual sl.  a homosexual who prefers men with uncircumcised penises  
 
• LACER
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – any person or thing unusually large or good  
 
• LACERT
n. 1. 1382 obs. rare – a lizard
n. 2. c1386 obs. – a muscle
 
• LACERTIAN
n. 1839 – a lizard
 
• LACERTOSE
adj. c1400 obs. – having large muscles; muscular
 
• LACERTOUS
adj. 1541 obs. – having large muscles; muscular  
 
• LACE SOMEONE’S JACKET
vb. L17 sl. – to beat up, to thrash  
 
• LACE UP YOUR BOOTS
vb. 1998 US sl. – to prepare for a fight  
 
• LACHANOPOLIST
n. 1656 obs. rare – a greengrocer; a seller of herbs or vegetables
 
• LACHANOPOLL
n. 1623 obs. rare – a greengrocer
 
• LACHE
n. 1. 1781 Sc. & Eng. dial. – an occasional watercourse; a narrow ditch; a deep cart-rut; a gutter washed by the tide on the seashore  
n. 2. 1815 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a swamp; a quagmire; a wet mass  
n. 3. 1868 Eng. dial. – a pond; a pool  
vb. a1400 Sc. & N. Eng. obs. rare – to be careless about, to neglect, to slight; to be negligent, to lag, to loiter
 
• LACHEDNESS
n. 1484 obs. – laxness or slackness; remissness
 
• LACHES
adj. 1. c1425 obs. – loose, lewd, wanton  
adj. 2. c1461 obs. – lax, careless, remiss 
n. 1362 obs. – slackness, remissness, negligence; also, an act of neglect
vb. 1. 1413 obs. – to be idle, to be careless
vb. 2. c1425 obs. – to neglect, to slight
 
• LACHESNESS
n. 1481-4 obs. – carelessness, remissness
 
• LACHESSE
vb. 1. 1413 obs. – to be idle, to be careless
vb. 2. c1425 obs. – to neglect, to slight
 
• LACHIE
n. 1918 US Navy sl. – milk  
 
• LACHOUS
adj. 1484 obs. – negligent, remiss
 
• LACHOUSNESS
n. 1496 obs. – remissness, neglect
 
• LACHRYMABLE
adj. 1. 1490 obs. – lamentable; meet for tears or weeping
adj. 2. 1609 obs. – expressing of mourning; tearful  
 
• LACHRYMABUND
adj. 1727 obs. – weeping profusely, full of tears, with tears ready to fall
 
• LACHRYMAL
adj. 1. 1607 nonce use – resembling a tear or tears
adj. 2. 1803 – pert. to tears; indicative of weeping
 
• LACHRYMALS
n. 1753 – fits of weeping
 
• LACHRYMARY
adj. 1705 – pert. to tears
 
• LACHRYMATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to weep, lament, bewail
 
• LACHRYMATION
n. 1572 – the shedding of tears; weeping
 
• LACHRYMATORY
adj. a1849 – pert. to tears; tending to cause a flow of tears
n. 1825 humorous usage – a pocket-handkerchief
 
• LACHRYME
vb. 1490 obs. rare – to weep
 
• LACHRYMENTAL
adj. 1625 obs. rare – mournful, tearful
 
• LACHRYMIST
n. 1620 – one addicted to tears; a weeper
 
• LACHRYMOSE
adj. 1727 – given or ready to shed tears; of the eyes: suffused with tears
 
• LACHRYMOUS
adj. 1866 – given or ready to shed tears  
 
• LACHTER
n. 1. 1704 Sc. – a lock, tuft, or wisp of hair, wool, grass, etc.  
n. 2. 1822 Sc. – a large amount, a heap  
 
• LACING
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – large; tall; of superior quality  
n. 1. L17 colloq. – a beating; a flogging  
n. 2. 1862 – a small quantity of spirits mingled with some beverage
 
• LACING
n. 1940s sl. – a verbal attack, criticism  
 
• LACINIOUS
adj. 1652 obs. – full of folds or windings; hence, overloaded, redundant  
 
• LACK
adj. 1. 1790 Sc. obs. – deficient in some quality, lacking in substance, position, breeding, etc.; of poor quality  
adj. 2. 1982 Hawaiian youth sl. – lacking money, style, or both  
n. 1. 1710 Sc. obs. – disgrace, scandal, despite, reproach; the act of disparaging
n. 2. c1885 Anglo-Indian – a large number of quantity; very many; often in the plural 
n. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – loss, harm, damage  
n. 4. Bk1902 Sc. – the act of vilifying  
n. 5. 1990s Irish sl. – a girlfriend  
vb. 1. 1715 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. – to dispraise, to slight, to undervalue; to malign, to calumniate
vb. 2. 1746 Eng. dial. – to be absent, esp. from home; to loiter  
vb. 3. 1872 Eng. dial. – to desire, to wish  
 
• LACKADAISICAL
adj. 1. M18 – dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, unenthusiastic
adj. 2. M18 – feebly sentimental, affectedly languishing
 
• LACKADAISY
adj. 1792 – dreamily idle, listless, unconcerned, lacking enthusiasm and determination
int. M18 – expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, or grief; alas!
 
• LACK-A-DAISY-ME!
int. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – an exclamation of surprise  
 
• LACKADAY!
int. 1695 obs. or arch. – expressing surprise, regret, sorrow, or grief .
 
• LACK-ALL
n. 1850 – one who is in want of everything
 
• LACKANEE!
int. 1813 Sc. obs. – an exclamation of grief; alas!  
 
• LACKANOOKIE
n. 1945 US sl., esp. military usage – lack of sexual activity, facetiously regarded as an illness  
 
• LACKANOOKY
n. 1952 US sl., esp. military usage – lack of sexual activity, facetiously regarded as an illness  
 
• LACK-BRAIN
n. 1598 – one who is destitute of sense or brains; one wanting in wit; a stupid, empty-headed fellow, a fool
 
• LACKEN
vb. 1674 obs. rare – to depreciate, to disparage  
 
• LACKER
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – absent from and missed at home  
n. 1. 1496 obs. – one who blames or disparages
n. 2. a1618 obs. – one who is missing or wanting 
 
• LACKERY
n. M19 Brit. army sl. – a stick; a piece of wood  
 
• LACKET
n. 1523 obs. rare – a lackey
 
• LACKEY
n. 1. 1529 – a (liveried) servant, a footman, a valet, a menial
n. 2. 1556 obs. or arch. – a hanger-on; a camp follower
n. 3. 1588 – a constant follower; an obsequious person; a toady; a servile political follower
vb. 1. 1568 obs. – to do service as a lackey, esp. as a running footman; to run on errands, to do menial service; often followed by ‘after’, ‘by’, ‘to’, ‘upon’, ‘it’
vb. 2. 1599 – to wait upon as a lackey; to attend closely upon; to dance attendance upon
 
• LACKEY-DOG
n. 1940s W. Indies sl. – a skulking hanger-on  
 
• LACKIE
n. 1. 1892 Sc. – a clout, a rag; a contemptuous name for a garment  
n. 2. Bk1902 Sc. – the stomach  
 
• LACKIN
n. M19 sl. – a wife  
 
• LACKISH
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – slow, backward, reluctant to act  
 
• LACKITS
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – small sums of money; oddments, odds and ends  
 
• LACKLAND
adj. 1887 – of persons: having no land
n. 1594 – one who has no land or no landed possessions; one who rules over no territory
 
• LACK-LATIN
adj. 1608 – ignorant of Latin; unlearned
n. 1649 obs. – one who knows little or no Latin
 
• LACKLESS
adj. 1377 obs. – without fault or blame; faultless, blameless  
 
• LACK-LOOKS
n. 1618 obs. – a woman who is wanting in good looks
 
• LACK-LOVE
adj. 1871 – indifferent to love
n. 1590 – one who is indifferent to love
 
• LACKLUSTRE
adj. L16 – lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired
 
• LACKLUSTROUS
adj. 1834 – wanting in lustre, dull
 
• LACK-O’-ME!
int. 1892 Sc. – woe is me!  
 
• LACKRY
n. M19 Brit. army sl. – a stick; a piece of wood  
 
• LACKS
n. c1950 Brit. schoolgirls’ sl. – lacrosse 
 
• LACK-STOCK
n. 1820 – one who has no money in stocks
 
• LACK-THOUGHT
adj. 1829 – wanting or lacking thought; foolish, stupid, vacant
 
• LACK-WIT
adj. 1735 – foolish, idiotic, or simple-minded
n. 1668 – a witless or stupid person, a blockhead
 
• LACKY
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to beat severely
 
• LACKY BAND
n. 20C Aust. sl. – an elastic band
 
• LACONIC
adj. L16 – using few words, concise, terse
 
• LA COSA
n. 1980 US drug culture sl. – heroin  
 
• LACRYMABLE
adj. 1. 1490 obs. – lamentable; meet for tears or weeping  
adj. 2. 1609 obs. – expressing of mourning; tearful
 
• LACTACEOUS
adj. 1656 obs. rare – milk-like, milky
 
• LACTAGE
n. 1753 obs. – milk produce
 
• LACTANT
adj. 1727 rare – suckling  
 
• LACTARIUM
n. 1809 – an establishment for the sale of milk; a dairy  
 
• LACTARY
adj. 1646 rare – pert. to milk
n. 1. 1623 obs. – ‘she that selleth milke’
n. 2. 1669-81 – a dairy  
 
• LACTATION
n. 1668 – the act of giving suck to an infant; suckling  
 
• LACTEAL
adj. 1658 – pert. to milk; consisting of milk  
 
• LACTEAN
adj. 1659 obs. – resembling milk; milk-white
 
• LACTEOUS
adj. 1646 – of the nature of milk; milky; resembling milk, of the colour of milk  
 
• LACTEOUS CIRCLE
n. 1646 obs. – the Milky Way  
 
• LACTESCE
vb. 1696 obs. rare – to become milky  
 
• LACTESCENCE
n. 1684-5 – a milky appearance; milkiness  
 
• LACTESCENCY
n. 1757 obs.- a milky appearance
 
• LACTESCENT
adj. 1668 – becoming milky; having a milky appearance  
 
• LACTIFIC
adj. 1657 obs. rare – producing milk  
 
• LACTIFICAL
adj. 1656 obs. rare – producing milk, yielding milk  
 
• LACTIFICATION
n. 1666 obs. rare – the making or secreting of milk  
 
• LACTIFLOROUS
adj. 1855 rare – having flowers white like milk
 
• LACTIFLUOUS
adj. 1774 – flowing or abounding with milk  
 
• LACTIFORM
adj. 1681 obs. rare – like milk, in the form of milk
 
• LACTIVOROUS
adj. 1824 rare – milk-devouring 
 
• LACTO-OVO-VEGETARIAN
n. 1940 – a person who subsists on a diet of dairy products, eggs, and vegetables
 
• LACTO-VEGETARIAN
n. E20 – a person who subsists on vegetables and milk products (and formerly, eggs) only
 
• LACUNA
n. 1872 – a gap, an empty space, spot, or cavity  
 
• LACUNATE 
vb. 1623 obs. rare – to make ditches or holes
 
• LACUNE
n. 1846 – a gap, an empty space, spot, or cavity  
 
• LACUNOUS
adj. 1653 obs. rare – resembling a hollow or ‘lacuna’
 
• LACUSCULAR
adj. 1878 – pert. to a small pool; frequenting small pools  
 
• LACY
adj. 1941 US sl. – effeminate; girlish  
 
• LACY-PANTS
n. 1940 US sl. – a dandy; a snob; a flashily dressed person