lacis

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See also: lācis and Lācis

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French lacis.

Pronunciation

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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 […]

Anagrams

Cails, Salic, Scali, laics

French

Etymology

From lacer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la.si/

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

(deprecated template usage) lacis

second-person singular present active indicative of laciō

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