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lubricious [lubricious 词源字典]: "Offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire", Late 16th century: from Latin lubricus 'slippery' + -ious.[lubricious etymology, lubricious origin, 英语词源]
leucite: "A potassium aluminosilicate mineral, crystallizing in the tetrahedral system and typically found as grey or white glassy trapezohedra in volcanic rocks", Late 18th century: from Greek leukos 'white' + -ite¹.
Lepus: "A small constellation (the Hare) at the foot of Orion, said to represent the hare pursued by Orion", Latin.
La Niña: "A cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific, which occurs at irregular intervals, and is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns complementary to those of El Niño, but less extensive and damaging in their effects", Spanish, literally 'the girl child', after El Niño.
limen: "A threshold below which a stimulus is not perceived or is not distinguished from another", Mid 17th century: from Latin, 'threshold'.
lown (1): "A calm or quiet state; stillness, tranquillity", Middle English. Originally from early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic logn, Norwegian regional logn, Old Swedish lughn (Swedish lugn), Old Danish lun, lugn, loghn, lundh (early modern Danish luun, lowen, Danish lun, lune), all nouns in sense ‘calm, stillness, tranquillity’, and also Old Icelandic lygn (adjective) calm, Norwegian lun, (regional) logn, Old Swedish lughn (Swedish lugn, lygn), Danish lun, all adjectives in sense ‘still, calm’) from the same Germanic base as Old Icelandic lauss free, unencumbered.
lown (2): "To make calm, to lull", Late 15th cent.; earliest use found in John Barbour (c1330–1395), ecclesiastic and verse historian. From lown.
lipoid: "Relating to or resembling fat", Late 19th century: from Greek lipos 'fat' + -oid.
lignum vitae: "Another term for guaiacum", Latin, 'wood of life'.
louvre: "Each of a set of angled slats fixed or hung at regular intervals in a door, shutter, or screen to allow air or light to pass through", Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French lover, lovier 'skylight', probably of Germanic origin and related to lodge. More The first sense recorded was to describe a domed structure on a roof with side openings for ventilation: louvre comes from Old French lover, lovier ‘skylight’, probably of Germanic origin and related to lodge ( see lobby).
last straw: "The culminating fact or event in a series of unpleasant or unwelcome ones, causing an extreme reaction not experienced before", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Calcutta Review. With allusion to the proverb it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
lud: "Used to address a judge in a court of law", Early 18th century: alteration of lord.
lar (1): "The common gibbon, which has white hands and feet and is found in Thailand and Malaysia", Early 19th century: from Latin, literally 'household god'.
LAR (2): "Libya (international vehicle registration)", From Libyan Arab Republic.
luna moth: "A large North American moon moth which has pale green wings with long tails and transparent eyespots bearing crescent-shaped markings", Late 19th century: luna from Latin luna 'moon' (from its markings).
lissom: "(Of a person or their body) thin, supple, and graceful", Late 18th century: contraction, from lithe + -some¹.
limicolous: "Mud-loving, mud-dwelling; inhabiting or frequenting mud or the shoreline; specifically designating a limicoline bird or worm", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. From post-classical Latin limicola + -ous, originally after scientific Latin Limicolae.
lamellibranch: "Another term for bivalve", Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Lamellibranchia (former class name), from Latin lamella (diminutive of lamina 'thin plate') + Greek brankhia 'gills'.
latchet: "A narrow thong or lace for fastening a shoe or sandal", Late Middle English: from Old French lachet, variant of lacet, from laz 'lace'.
lotic: "(Of organisms or habitats) inhabiting or situated in rapidly moving fresh water", Early 20th century: from Latin lotus 'washing' + -ic.