Chapter Labor to Latitude of L by Soule's Synonymes

Lacerate, v. a.

1. Tear, sever, mangle, rend, lancinate, laniate, claw, tear asunder, tear to pieces.

2. Harrow, wound, torture, rend.

Laceration, n. Tearing, rending.

Laches, n. pl. (Law.) Negligence, remissness, neglect of duty.

Lack, v. a. Want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without.

Lack, v. n.

1. Be in want.

2. Be wanting.

Lack, n. Need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, deficit.

Lackadaisical, a. Sentimental, maudlin, Wertherish, die-away, languishing, affectedly pensive, lackadaisy.

Lackadaisy, interj. [Used ludicrously for Lackaday.]

Lackaday, interj. Alas, well-a-day, alack, woe’s the day.

Lack-brain, n. Simpleton. See Dunce.

Lackey, n. Footman, footboy, flunky.

Lackey, v. a. Attend (as a servant), wait on, dance attendance on.

Laconic, Laconical, a. Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy.

Lacquer, n. Varnish (of shellac).

Lacquer, v. a. Varnish (with lacquer), japan.

Lactescence, n.

1. Milkiness, milky color.

2. (Bot.) Bleeding, effusion of sap.

Lad, n. Boy, stripling, youngster, youth, schoolboy, younker, young man.

Lade, v. a.

1. Load, freight.