Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
less .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete Less.
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Examples
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‘Fading’ was also called lasse-lanta ‘leaf-fall’, or in Sindarin narbeleth ‘sun-waning’.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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Je ne me lasse JAMAIS D'admirer ta jolie frimousse.
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J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse!
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J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse!
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J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse!
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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"J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse!"
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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
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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
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J'adore te voir et je ne me lasse pas d'admirer ta jolie frimousse !
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Hannah Evans, little sister of former spelling star Matthew, got this one wrong, going with "lasse."
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