Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LAX, a. [L. laxus; Sp. laso; It. lasso; Fr. lache, for lasche.]

1. Loose; flabby; soft; not tense, firm or rigid; as, lax flesh; a lax fiber.
2. Slack; not tight or tense; as, a lax cord.
3. Not firmly united; of loose texture; as, gravel and the like laxer matter. – Woodward.
4. Not rigidly exact; as, a lax moral discourse. – Baker.
5. Not strict; as, lax morals.
6. Loose in the intestines, and having too frequent discharges.