[laks], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful
(e.g: lax security arrangements at the airport)

- (of the limbs or muscles) relaxed
(e.g: muscles have more potential energy when they are stretched than when they are lax)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘loose’, said of the bowels): from Latin laxus

[laks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- lacrosse
(e.g: I wore pads and a helmet whenever I played lax)


Phrases:

Origin:
1950s: abbreviation of lacrosse, with x representing crosse (by association with cross)