laissez aller
laisser aller
/ French (lese ale) /
noun
lack of constraint; freedom
Origin of laissez aller
1literally: let go
Words Nearby laissez aller
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How to use laissez aller in a sentence
There was a joviality, a laissez-aller in the air of the place, with which soda and brandy seemed quite in harmony.
Mount Royal, Volume 3 of 3 | Mary Elizabeth BraddonIt is Paris with an added laissez aller, Paris set to a new tune.
In Vanity Fair | Eleanor Hoyt BrainerdA certain laissez-aller marked the day from its earliest beginnings.
The War-Workers | E.M. DelafieldOf a naturally indolent character, Cherif always represented the laissez aller side of Egyptian politics.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885 | Charles RoyleThe laissez-aller policy is very suitable to the genius of the genuine Irish, who may be said to rule the roost in Tipperary.
Ireland as It Is | Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
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