lai

American  

[ley] / leɪ /

noun

1. (in medieval French literature)

2. a narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets and dealing with tales of adventure and romance.

3. a lyric poem, often a love poem, having great metrical variety and designed to be sung to a popular melody.

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Etymology

Origin of lai

1200–50; Middle English < Old French. See lay ⁴

Example Sentences

The books at issue include Mark Clifford’s biography of Jimmy Lai, the 78-year-old journalist sentenced last month to 20 years in prison for dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal

A store owner and three employees were arrested over a Jimmy Lai biography.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Tuesday police charged Mr. Pong and three employees with selling seditious books, including “The Troublemaker,” my biography of Jimmy Lai.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nobody understands that better than Mr. Lai, 78, who has spent decades fighting for Hong Kong’s freedom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Beginning in the 1990s, Mr. Lai’s Next Media, which published Apple Daily, became the largest independent Chinese-language media organization in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal