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lues [lues 词源字典]: "A serious infectious disease, particularly syphilis", Mid 17th century: from Latin, literally 'plague'.[lues etymology, lues origin, 英语词源]
lignocaine: "A synthetic compound used as a local anaesthetic, e.g. for dental surgery, and in treating abnormal heart rhythms", 1950s: from ligno- (Latin equivalent of xylo-, used in the earlier name xylocaine and reflecting chemical similarity to xylene) + -caine (from cocaine).
listeria: "A type of bacterium which infects humans and other warm-blooded animals through contaminated food", 1940s: modern Latin, named after Joseph Lister (see Lister, Joseph).
leasehold: "The holding of property by lease", Early 18th century: from lease, on the pattern of freehold.
longevous: "Living a long time", Late 17th century: from Latin longaevus, from longus 'long' + aevum 'age'.
lachrymation: "The flow of tears", Late 16th century: from Latin lacrimatio(n-), from lacrimare 'weep', from lacrima 'tear'.
logotype: "A single piece of type that prints a word, a group of separate letters, or a logo", Early 19th century: from Greek logos 'word' + type.
latissimus: "Either of a pair of large, roughly triangular muscles covering the lower part of the back, extending from the sacral, lumbar, and lower thoracic vertebrae to the armpits", Early 17th century: modern Latin, from musculus latissimus dorsi, literally 'broadest muscle of the back'.
linoleic acid: "A polyunsaturated fatty acid present as a glyceride in linseed oil and other oils and essential in the human diet", Mid 19th century: from Latin linum 'flax' + oleic acid.
levin: "Lightning; thunderbolts", Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin.
linguistical: "= linguistic", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Sussex Weekly Advertiser. From linguist + -ical.
libration: "An apparent or real oscillation of the moon, by which parts near the edge of the disc that are often not visible from the earth sometimes come into view", Early 17th century (denoting an oscillating motion, or equilibrium): from Latin libratio(n-), from the verb librare, from libra 'a balance'.
letters rogatory: "Documents making a request through a foreign court to obtain information or evidence from a specified person within the jurisdiction of that court", Mid 19th century: rogatory from medieval Latin rogatorius 'interrogatory'.
lamprophyre: "A porphyritic igneous rock consisting of a fine-grained feldspathic groundmass with phenocrysts chiefly of biotite", Late 19th century: from Greek lampros 'bright, shining' + porphureos 'purple'.
limicoline: "Mud-loving, mud-dwelling; especially of or relating to waders or shorebirds; designating sandpipers, plovers, and related birds, formerly placed in a group Limicolae", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. From scientific Latin Limicolae + -ine.
Linguaphone: "A trademark for: a language-teaching system based on the use of sound recordings in conjunction with textbooks; (also in early use) a set of equipment used for this", Early 20th cent.; earliest use found in Journal of Education. From lingua + -phone, after gramophone.
laboursome: "Requiring, involving, or characterized by hard work or exertion", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Ralph Robinson (1520–1577), translator. Partly from labour + -some, and partly from labour + -some.
leporine: "Of or resembling a hare or hares", Mid 17th century: from Latin leporinus, from lepus, lepor- 'hare'.
luminesce: "Emit light by luminescence", Late 19th century: back-formation from luminescence.
lamina: "A thin layer, plate, or scale of sedimentary rock, organic tissue, or other material", Mid 17th century: from Latin.