laqueus
Americannoun
plural
laqueiEtymology
Origin of laqueus
< Latin: noose
Example Sentences
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But during one minute bursts of colorful activity — which included "pronounced eye and body movements," as the authors describe it — O. laqueus would turn red or yellow.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2023
As Prof. Nettleship has pointed out, this seems to indicate that there are two words, laquear from laqueus, meaning chain or network, and lacuar or lacunar from lacus, meaning sunk work.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
Lasso, Span. lazo, Lat. laqueus, snare, is a doublet of Eng. lace.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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