See laxness on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"lax",
"lax#English"
],
[
"*-inōną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inōną#Proto-Germanic:_denominative"
],
[
"*-dyé-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-dyé-#Proto-Indo-European:_verbal"
],
[
"*-atjaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-atjaną#Proto-Germanic:_verbal"
],
[
"*-tus",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tus#Proto-Indo-European:_action_noun"
],
[
"*-þuz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-þuz#Proto-Germanic:_nominative"
],
[
"*-assuz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-assuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
],
[
"*-inassuz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inassuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
],
[
"*-nassī",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-nassī#Proto-West_Germanic:_-ness"
],
[
"-nes",
"-nes#Old_English:_-ness"
],
[
"-nesse",
"-nesse#Middle_English:_-ness"
],
[
"-ness",
"-ness#English"
],
[
"lax",
"lax#English"
],
[
"-ness",
"-ness#English"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "lax",
"4": "-ness",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish lax\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Germanic *-þuz\nProto-Germanic *-assuz\nProto-Germanic *-inassuz\nProto-West Germanic *-nassī\nOld English -nes\nMiddle English -nesse\nEnglish -ness\nEnglish laxness\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-atjaną\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"nominative\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"action noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tus\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-þuz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-assuz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-inassuz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-nassī\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"-nes\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-nesse\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ness\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"laxness\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"laxness\">\nFrom lax + -ness.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish lax\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Germanic *-þuz\nProto-Germanic *-assuz\nProto-Germanic *-inassuz\nProto-West Germanic *-nassī\nOld English -nes\nMiddle English -nesse\nEnglish -ness\nEnglish laxness\nFrom lax + -ness.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "laxnesses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "laxness (countable and uncountable, plural laxnesses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ness",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Amharic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Gothic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ido translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
27
]
],
"text": "There was a certain laxness in safety preparations that made the fire worse.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The property of being lax, lacking strictness."
],
"id": "en-laxness-en-noun-pMdu4hhM",
"links": [
[
"lax",
"lax"
],
[
"strictness",
"strictness"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"lang_code": "am",
"roman": "ləlnät",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"word": "ልልነት"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laxnost"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nedbalost"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"word": "laksheid"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"lang_code": "got",
"roman": "latei",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"word": "laxeso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laxitud"
}
]
}
],
"word": "laxness"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"lax",
"lax#English"
],
[
"*-inōną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inōną#Proto-Germanic:_denominative"
],
[
"*-dyé-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-dyé-#Proto-Indo-European:_verbal"
],
[
"*-atjaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-atjaną#Proto-Germanic:_verbal"
],
[
"*-tus",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tus#Proto-Indo-European:_action_noun"
],
[
"*-þuz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-þuz#Proto-Germanic:_nominative"
],
[
"*-assuz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-assuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
],
[
"*-inassuz",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inassuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
],
[
"*-nassī",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-nassī#Proto-West_Germanic:_-ness"
],
[
"-nes",
"-nes#Old_English:_-ness"
],
[
"-nesse",
"-nesse#Middle_English:_-ness"
],
[
"-ness",
"-ness#English"
],
[
"lax",
"lax#English"
],
[
"-ness",
"-ness#English"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "lax",
"4": "-ness",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish lax\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Germanic *-þuz\nProto-Germanic *-assuz\nProto-Germanic *-inassuz\nProto-West Germanic *-nassī\nOld English -nes\nMiddle English -nesse\nEnglish -ness\nEnglish laxness\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-atjaną\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"nominative\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"action noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tus\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-þuz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-assuz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-inassuz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-nassī\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"-nes\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-nesse\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ness\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"laxness\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"laxness\">\nFrom lax + -ness.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish lax\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Germanic *-þuz\nProto-Germanic *-assuz\nProto-Germanic *-inassuz\nProto-West Germanic *-nassī\nOld English -nes\nMiddle English -nesse\nEnglish -ness\nEnglish laxness\nFrom lax + -ness.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "laxnesses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "laxness (countable and uncountable, plural laxnesses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries referencing missing etymons",
"English entries with etymology texts",
"English entries with etymology trees",
"English entries with etymon",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -ness",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon",
"Terms with Amharic translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Gothic translations",
"Terms with Ido translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
27
]
],
"text": "There was a certain laxness in safety preparations that made the fire worse.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The property of being lax, lacking strictness."
],
"links": [
[
"lax",
"lax"
],
[
"strictness",
"strictness"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "am",
"lang": "Amharic",
"lang_code": "am",
"roman": "ləlnät",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"word": "ልልነት"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laxnost"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nedbalost"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"word": "laksheid"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"lang_code": "got",
"roman": "latei",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"word": "laxeso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "property of being lax",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laxitud"
}
],
"word": "laxness"
}
Download raw JSONL data for laxness meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)
{
"called_from": "page/2530",
"msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>",
"path": [
"laxness"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "laxness",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.