• LAODICEAN
adj. 1633 – lukewarm, lacking enthusiasm; indifferent in religion, politics, etc.
n. 1772 – one who is lukewarm or indifferent in religion, politics, etc.
• LAODICEANISM
n. 1774 – indifference, lukewarmness
• LAP
n. 1. c1290 obs. – the bosom
n. 2. 1398 obs. – a fold of flesh or skin; occasionally, the female pudendum
n. 3. a1400 obs. – the ear-lobe
n. 4. L15 euphemism – the vagina
n. 5. 1567 sl. – any weak beverage or thin liquid food
n. 6. 1618 sl. – drink, liquor in general
n. 7. 1673 US – a bundle of hides
n. 8. 1679 US – a rabbit
n. 9. 1825 Sc. – a patch or covering put on for the purpose of mending
n. 10. 1851 Amer. dial. – the top or branches of a tree, esp. a felled or fallen tree
n. 11. 1880 Sc. – a wrapping round, a fold or coil
n. 12. 1899 Sc. – the lapel of a coat or waistcoat
n. 13. 1900 Sc. – an armful or lapful; a small amount or collection
vb. 1. a1340 obs. – to involve; to imply, to include; to implicate, to entangle
vb. 2. c1350 obs. – to fold in the arms; to clasp, to embrace
vb. 3. 1562 obs. rare – to suck a teat
vb. 4. 1825 Sc. – to patch, to mend, to cover with a patch
vb. 5. 1853 Amer. dial. – of a bear: to pull at or tear down branches of a tree or vine to obtain the fruit, nuts, etc.; to strip the fruit from a tree
vb. 6. 1880 Sc. – to wrap, to enfold, to make into a parcel
vb. 7. 1880 Eng. dial. – to eat clumsily or greedily with a spoon
vb. 8. a1889 US sl. – to drink liquor greedily; to guzzle
vb. 9. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to flog, to beat
vb. 10. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to throb, as in pain
vb. 11. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to lop off branches of trees
vb. 12. 1927 Amer. dial. – to punish by whipping
vb. 13. 1970 Amer. dial. – to make too much of a show of affection in a public place
• LAP ALUM
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. – to do the most commonsensical thing
• LAPARD
n. 1847 Eng. dial. – the female pudendum
• LAP-CLAP
n. 1. E18 Brit. sl. – copulation
n. 2. E18 Brit. sl. – conception; a pregnancy
n. 3. 1847 Eng. dial. – a loud kiss
• LAP-DAB
n. 1863 Eng. dial. – perspiration
• LAP DOWN
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to cover
• LAPE
n. 1. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a walk along a wet and muddy road
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – an awkward gait
vb. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – to walk awkwardly; to go about in a slovenly, untidy way; to run about constantly
vb. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to walk or wade through mud or mire
vb. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to bemire; to besmear or bespatter oneself by walking through mud, etc.
• LAP-EAR
n. 1851 US college sl. – a person of a religious character
• LAP-EARED
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – having large, hanging ears
• LAPESY
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – sticky, dirty
• LAP-FULL
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. – a lover or a husband
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. – an unborn child
• LAPHEAD
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a term of abuse; a fool, a simpleton
• LAPICIDARIAL
adj. 1592 obs. – pert. to the work of a lapicide
• LAPICIDARY
n. 1592 obs. – one who is engaged in stone-cutting
• LAPICIDE
n. 1656 – one who cuts stones or inscriptions on stone
• LAPIDABLE
adj. 1656 obs. rare – that may be stoned
(NOTE: in some dictionaries, the definition is erroneously given as ‘marriageable, fit for a husband’ [as per N.E.D])
• LAPIDAR
adj. 1767 obs. rare – of the nature of a stone
• LAPIDARIAN
adj. 1. 1683 rare – versed in the knowledge of stone
adj. 2. 1882 – executed in stone, inscribed on stone
• LAPIDARIOUS
adj. 1656 obs. rare – consisting of stones; stony
• LAPIDARIST
n. 1607 obs. rare – one who is skilled in the nature and kinds of gems and precious stones
• LAPIDARY
adj. 1. 1724 – of an inscription, etc.: engraved on stone, esp. monumental stones
adj. 2. 1775 – characteristic of or suitable for monumental inscriptions
adj. 3. 1831-57 rare – concerned with stones
n. 1. 1382 – an artificer who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems or precious stones
n. 2. c1440 obs. – one who is skilled in the nature and kinds of gems and precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work
n. 3. 1509 obs. – precious stones in general; jewellery
• LAPIDATE
vb. 1623 – to throw stones at, to pelt with stones; also, to stone to death
• LAPIDATION
n. 1. 1611 – the punishment of stoning to death
n. 2. 1802 – the act of process of throwing stones; pelting with stones
• LAPIDATOR
n. a1800 – one who stones
• LAPIDEMENT
n. 1483 obs. rare – the punishment of stoning to death
• LAPIDEOUS
adj. 1. 1646 now rare – of the nature of stone; stony
adj. 2. 1807 obs. – consisting of or inscribed on stone
• LAPIDESCENCE
n. 1650 obs. – petrifaction
• LAPIDESCENCY
n. 1646 obs. – petrifaction
• LAPIDESCENT
adj. 1644 – that is in process of becoming stone
• LAPIDIAL
adj. 1599 obs. rare – resembling stone; stony
• LAPIDIAN
adj. 1600 – concerned with stones; working on stones
• LAPIDIFACTORY
adj. 1650 obs. rare – pert. to the making of stones
• LAPIDIFIC
adj. 1693 obs. – concerned with the making of stones
• LAPIDIFICAL
adj. 1646 obs. – concerned with the making of stones
• LAPIDIFICATION
n. 1626 – the act or process of converting or being converted into stone
• LAPIDIFY
vb. 1657 – to become stone; to make or turn into stone
• LAPIDIST
n. 1. 1647 obs. rare – an artificer who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems or precious stones
n. 2. 1647 obs. rare – one who is skilled in the nature and kinds of gems and precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work
• LAPIDITY
n. 1750 – the quality of being stone
• LAPIDOSE
n. c1420 – abounding in stones; also, of stony nature
• LAPIDOUS
adj. 1610 obs. rare – full of stones
• LAPLAND
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. – women in general; women considered sexually
n. 2. E19 Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• LAP-LEGGED
adv. 1948 Amer. dial. – in a lopsided or wobbly fashion
• LAP-LEGGED DRUNK
adj. 1938 Amer. dial. – thoroughly drunk
• LAPLING
n. 1. 1627-77 obs. – one who loves to lie on a (lady’s) lap
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a vicious fellow
• LAPLOLLY
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – splendid, fine
• LAP O’ THE LUG
n. 1897 Sc. – the lobe of the ear
• LAP ORGAN
n. 1. 1892 Amer. dial. – an accordion
n. 2. 1939 Amer. dial. jocular usage – a baby
• LAPPEN
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a silly person; a simpleton, a fool
• LAPPED
adj. 1. 1637 obs. – wrapped up, disguised
adj. 2. 1951 Amer. dial. – of a tree: having the top or branches broken off
• LAPPED OVER TONGUE
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – tasted, drunk
• LAPPER
n. 1. 1824 Sc. – snow in the act of melting; soft, slushy snow
n. 2. 1825 Sc. – a clot or mass of clots or coagulated matter, esp. milk or blood
n. 3. 1851 Amer. sl. – the tongue
n. 4. M19 Brit. colloq. – a heavy drinker; a drunkard
n. 5. 1925 Sc. – a gentle splash of water
n. 6. 1934 US sl. – a sodomite
vb. 1. 1728 Sc. – to besmear with something moist and sticky, esp. blood; to dabble, to become covered with blood or the like
vb. 2. 1768 Sc. – of milk or blood: to clot, to coagulate, to curdle
vb. 3. 1789 Sc. – of water: to congeal, to turn to ice slowly, to freeze
vb. 4. 1893 Sc. – of water: to lap, to splash gently, to ripple
vb. 5. 1923 Sc. – of the sky: to have a blotched or mottled appearance
vb. 6. 1971 US sl. – to perform active oral copulation, esp. cunnilingus, upon
• LAPPERING
n. 1880 Sc. – the curdling of milk
• LAPPERY
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – wet, rainy, showery
• LAPPET
n. 1. 1573 – a loose or overlapping part of a garment, forming a flap or fold
n. 2. 1609 – a lobe of the ear
n. 3. 1677 – a part of anything that hangs loose
• LAPPIAN
n. 1599 obs. – a Lapp or Laplander
• LAPPIE
n. 1825 Sc. – a place where water stands
• LAPPING
n. 1927 Amer. dial. – a whipping
• LAPPING AND LOLLING
phr. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – sitting idly and doing nothing
• LAPPING GOOD
adj. 1965 Amer. dial. – of food: exceptionally good
• LAPPING PAPER
n. 1795 Sc. – wrapping paper
• LAPPINGS
n. 1851 Sc. – droppings or slobberings from the mouth of an animal
• LAPPING-UP
n. 1890 Eng. dial. – the end, conclusion, finish
• LAPPIOR
n. 1847 Eng. dial. – a dancer
• LAPPISH
adj. 1875 – pert. to the Lapps or their language
• LAPPONIAN
adj. 1854 – pert. to the Lapps or their language
n. 1607 – a Lapp
• LAPPONIC
adj. 1890 – pert. to the Lapps or their language
• LAPPY
adj. 18C cant – intoxicated with alcohol
• LAPRON
n. 1547 Sc. obs. – a young rabbit
• LAPSABILITY
n. 1661 – liability to err or fall
• LAPSABLE
adj. 1678 – liable to err or fall; liable to pass or change
• LAP SALT
vb. 1914 Amer. dial. – to do the most commonsensical thing
• LAPSCALLION
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a rapscallion, a daredevil character
• LAPSE
n. 1. 1533 – a fall in temperature
n. 2. 1605 rare – a falling into ruin
vb. 1. 1611 obs. – to fall into error, heresy, or sin
vb. 2. 1620 obs. – to fall into decay
vb. 3. 1664 obs. – to cause to slip or fall; to draw down
• LAPSIBILITY
n. 1661 – liability to err or fall
• LAPSIBLE
adj. 1678 – liable to err or fall; liable to pass or change
• LAPSIDED
adj. 1881 – unequally balanced, lopsided; deformed on one side → Eng. dial.
• LAPSTER
n. 1700 – a lobster → Sc.
• LAPSTONE
n. 1902 – a nickname for a shoemaker → Eng. dial.
• LAPSY
adj. 1872 – lazy, slow; indifferent → Eng. dial.
• LAP THE GUTTER
vb. 1850 – to be extremely drunk → sl.
• LAP UP
vb. 1. 1902 – to hush up or conceal a misdeed, etc. → Eng. dial.
vb. 2. 1908 – to drink liquor greedily; to guzzle → US sl.
vb. 3. 1926 – to take in eagerly; to revel in; to enjoy → US sl.
vb. 4. 1890 – to receive with obviously liking or approval
vb. 5. 1895 – to finish, to make an end of, to bring to a conclusion → Eng. dial.
vb. 6. 1970 – to make too much of a show of affection in a public place → Amer. dial.
• LAP UP WELL
vb. 1902 – to express nicely or politely → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• LAPUTAN
adj. 1866 – pertaining to Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver’s Travels; hence, visionary, absurd, fanciful, preposterous, ridiculous, impossible
n. 1726 – an inhabitant of Laputa
• LAPWOOD
n. 1905 – the top or branches of a tree, esp. a felled or fallen tree → Amer. dial.
• LAQUEAR
n. 1706 – a roof, the inward roof of a house; the roof of a chamber embowed, channelled, and done with fret-work
• LAQUEARIAN
adj. 1818 – of a gladiator: armed with a noose to entangle his antagonist
• LAQUEARY
adj. 1682 – of a gladiator: armed with a noose to entangle his antagonist → obs.
n. 1656 – the roof of a chamber → obs.
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