Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of less.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • obsolete Less.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • ‘Fading’ was also called lasse-lanta ‘leaf-fall’, or in Sindarin narbeleth ‘sun-waning’.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

  • Je ne me lasse JAMAIS D'admirer ta jolie frimousse.

    frimousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse!

    frimousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse!

    frimousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse!

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • "J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse!"

    frimousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • But I'm a confident enough reader to make peace with my ignorance and keep going, even while I remain defeated by Eliot's epigraphs: "Qui veut délasser hors de propos, lasse -- Pascal."

    Archive 2008-03-01 Roger Sutton 2008

  • But I'm a confident enough reader to make peace with my ignorance and keep going, even while I remain defeated by Eliot's epigraphs: "Qui veut délasser hors de propos, lasse -- Pascal."

    Hard books Roger Sutton 2008

  • J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse !

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Hannah Evans, little sister of former spelling star Matthew, got this one wrong, going with "lasse."

    Spelling Bee semifinals, live 2010

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