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laqueus
[ ley-kwee-uhs, lak-wee- ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of laqueus1
< Latin: noose
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Example Sentences
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
“Laqueus contritus est, et nos liberati sumus:” the net was broken and he was delivered.
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Lasso, Span. lazo, Lat. laqueus, snare, is a doublet of Eng. lace.
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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.
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Laqueus contritus est, by Fourniller, et nos liberati sumus.
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