lacis
See also: lācis and Lācis
English
Etymology
From French lacis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlasi/
Noun
lacis (uncountable)
- A type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 122:
- he sought to accumulate the most exquisite specimens that he could find of textile and embroidered work, getting […] veils of lacis worked in Hungary point […]
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 122:
Anagrams
- Alics, Cails, Salic, Scali, laics
French
Etymology
From lacer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.si/
Audio (file)
Noun
lacis m (plural lacis)
- (archaic) lacis
- (sports) lacing
- maze (of alleyways etc.); web, network
Further reading
- “lacis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
lacis
- second-person singular present active indicative of laciō