Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LOOSE'NESS
LOOSE'NESS, n. [loos'ness.]
- The state of being loose or relaxed; a state opposite to that of being tight, fast, fixed or compact; as, the looseness of a cord; the looseness of a robe; the looseness of the skin; the looseness of earth, or of the texture of cloth.
- The state opposite to rigor or rigidness; laxity; levity; as, looseness of morals or of principles.
- Irregularity; habitual deviation from strict rules; as, looseness of life. – Hayward.
- Habitual lewdness; unchastity. – Spenser.
- Flux from the bowels; diarrhea. – Bacon.
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