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lollop [lollop 词源字典]: "Move in an ungainly way in a series of clumsy paces or bounds", Mid 18th century: probably from loll, associated with trollop.[lollop etymology, lollop origin, 英语词源]
lilo: "A type of inflatable mattress which is used as a bed or for floating on water", 1930s: alteration of lie low.
luculent: "(Of writing or speech) clearly expressed", Late Middle English (in sense 2): from Latin luculentus, from lux, luc- 'light'.
lah: "(In tonic sol-fa) the sixth note of a major scale", Middle English: representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of Latin labii, taken from a Latin hymn (see solmization).
lakh: "A hundred thousand", Via Hindi from Sanskrit lakṣa.
lychee: "A small rounded fruit with sweet white scented flesh, a large central stone, and a thin rough skin", Late 16th century: from Chinese lìzhī.
lower case: "Small letters as opposed to capital letters (upper case)", Referring originally to the lower of two cases of type positioned on an angled stand for use by a compositor (see upper case).
langouste: "A spiny lobster, especially when prepared and cooked", French, from Old Provençal lagosta, based on Latin locusta 'locust, crustacean'.
lairy: "Cunning or conceited", Mid 19th century (originally Cockney slang): alteration of leery. Sense 2 was originally Australian slang and dates from the early 20th century. More For a century or more lairy has been Australian and New Zealand slang for ‘ostentatious, flashy’. British English has adopted this use, to join an earlier, originally Cockney sense ‘cunning or conceited’, as well as the meaning ‘aggressive, rowdy’. The word is a form of leery (late 17th century), which means ‘cautious or wary’ and is related to leer (mid 16th century) ‘to look at in a lecherous way’, from Old English hleor ‘cheek’.
lungi: "A sarong-like garment wrapped around the waist and extending to the ankles, worn by both sexes in India and in Burma (Myanmar), where it is the national dress", Urdu.
ludo: "A simple game in which players move counters round a board according to throws of a dice", Late 19th century: from Latin, 'I play'.
lurve: "Non-standard spelling of love (used in humorous reference to romantic infatuation)", 1930s: as a parody of the pronunciation of love in popular romantic songs.
lutetium: "The chemical element of atomic number 71, a rare silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series", Early 20th century: from French lutécium, from Latin Lutetia, the ancient name of Paris, the home of its discoverer.
loonie: "A Canadian one-dollar coin, introduced in 1987", From loon² (because of the image on the coin) + -ie.
lutenist: "A lute player", Early 17th century: from medieval Latin lutanista, from lutana 'lute'.
lobola: "(Among southern African peoples) a bride price, traditionally one paid with cattle", Zulu and Xhosa.
lidocaine: "Another term for lignocaine", 1940s: from (acetani)lid(e) + -caine (from cocaine).
lunkhead: "A slow-witted person", Mid 19th century: probably from an alteration of lump¹ + head.
literatim: "(Of the copying of a text) letter by letter", From medieval Latin.
locum: "A person who stands in temporarily for someone else of the same profession, especially a cleric or doctor", Early 20th century: short for locum tenens.