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单词 laches
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lachesn.

Brit. /ˈlatʃᵻz/, /ˈleɪtʃᵻz/, U.S. /ˈlætʃəz/, /ˈleɪtʃᵻz/
Forms: Middle English lacches, Middle English lacchesse, Middle English lachesce, Middle English lahches, Middle English lahchesse, Middle English laschesse, Middle English latchesse, Middle English–1700s latches, Middle English–1700s (1900s– archaic) lachesse, Middle English– laches, 1600s lasches, 1600s–1700s lachess, 1600s–1700s latchess.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French laches.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman lachés, lachesse, lachesce, laschés, Anglo-Norman and Middle French laschece, laschesse, laches (French (now regional: Béarnais) lâchesse ) laziness, sloth (second quarter of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), laxity, negligence (late 13th cent. or earlier; 12th cent. in Old French (rare) in sense ‘fatigue’), in Anglo-Norman also negligence in the performance of a legal duty (end of the 13th cent. or earlier), failure or delay to take legal steps (early 14th cent. or earlier) < lache , lasche lash adj. + -esce , -esse -ess suffix2.With the usual modern form perhaps compare riches n.
1.
a. Law. Delay in asserting a right, claiming a privilege, or making an application for remedy, such as to bar its being granted. Also (in early use): negligence in the performance of a legal obligation.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > negligence, etc.
lachesa1325
temerarity1475
nonfeasancea1626
negligencea1691
culpa1861
a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiii. 67 For hoere [sc. jurors'] concelement ant for hoere laschesse of [felonies committed against strangers], þe lord king..hath istablist peine in þat cas on suuche manere.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxxiiiiv No laches may be adiuged by the lawe in hym that hathe no dyscressyon.
a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 27 The reason of these cases is the default and lachess of the grantor.
1660 R. Sheringham Kings Supremacy Asserted iv. 35 No laches, folly, infancy, or corruption of blood can be judged in him.
1741 T. Robinson Common Law of Kent ii. ii. 172 The Laches of the Husband in gaining an actual Seisin by Entry.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 493 The right of renewal may be forfeited by the laches of the tenant, in not applying for a renewal within the time mentioned in the lease.
1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 261 Though there be no default or laches on the part of the devisee himself, the devise fails.
1845 Stephen Blackstone's Comm. II. 304 It is indeed laid down generally as a maxim, that no laches or negligence shall be imputed to an infant.
1894 Times 5 Feb. 3/3 To decide whether the party applying has not, by laches or misconduct, lost his right to the writ.
1911 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 5 527 We shall spend no time on objections as to multifariousness, lachesand the like.
1983 B. A. K. Rider Insider Trading vi. 312 He might be faced with a defence of laches or acquiescence.
2006 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 100 899 The Court held that the claim was not barred by laches.
b. In extended use: culpable negligence. Now archaic and rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence
negligence1351
lashness1477
uncarefulness1567
oscitancy1609
neglect1610
neglectiveness1621
oscitation1656
neglectfulness1693
laches1844
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. ii. i. 165 We may visit on the laches of this ministry the introduction of that new principle and power..Agitation.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. v. lii. 153 His conduct had shown laches which others..were free from.
1902 G. S. Whitmore Last Maori War v. 67 A massacre had occurred through laches of the Stafford Ministry.
a1974 G. Heyer My Lord John (1975) iv. iv. 351 I have seen with my own eyes what is lacking! It is not the harbour alone, nor the battlements, which have suffered from this lachesse.
2. The quality of being neglectful or remiss; slackness, procrastination. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > indiligence or remissness
slacknessc897
forswundennessc1175
sweeringa1300
lachesa1393
lachedness1484
indiligence1496
lachousness1496
slacking1542
remissness1570
dissoluteness1576
disassiduity1613
insedulity1679
slothingc1690
inapplication1721
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > negligence > instance of
negligence1351
lachesa1393
oscitancy1649
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 4 The ferste point of Slowthe I calle Lachesce.
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. ix. l. 32 Þere were þe manis lif lost for lacchesse [c1390 Vernon sleuþe] of hymselue.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 284 Latchesse [a1475 Winch. lahchesse, a1500 King's Cambr. lahches], or tarryynge, mora, tarditas.
1494 Will of Sir Thomas Mongomery (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 175 To pardone me of the laches of my prevy tythes.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 82 Some..engendryn sleuthe and lachesse.
1607 (?a1425) Last Judgment (Harl. 2124) in H. Deimling Chester Plays (1916) II. 434 All the Soules in Christianty that damned were whyle I had degree..through my laches [1591 Huntington lawes] forlorne.
a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (2015) I. 437 Never riotous, or prodigall; but (as Sir Edward Leech said) Sloath, and negligence [interlinear Lachesse], carelessnesse equivalent to all other vices.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lachesadj.

Forms: late Middle English lacches, late Middle English lachesse, late Middle English lachis, late Middle English latches, late Middle English latchesse, late Middle English–1500s laches.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: lash adj.
Etymology: Apparently an alteration (after laches n.) of lash adj. (compare forms at that entry). Compare slightly later laches v., and also lachous adj.
Obsolete.
1. Negligent, remiss; dilatory.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent
yemelesc897
recklesseOE
unshrivel1340
lashc1374
negligenta1382
laches1418
lachous1484
forgetful1526
neglect1603
wreaklessa1616
slighty1658
relasch1663
1418 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 75 Feithful subgit coude þer non ne durste tarie or be lachesse in any wyse to the effectuell praier..of so soueraign and high a lord.
?1463 R. Cutler in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 259 For cause ȝe were so laches and cam not in tyme þe mater ȝede a-mys.
a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 417 (MED) Yf the sherrefes be laches or defectyue in levyng therof, then the Meire..shall rere of the seid Sherreffes..so beyng laches at euery defalt, vj d.
1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 11 in Statutes of Realm (1817) III. 969 Some of the saide Sherieffes..have bene necligent and laches.
2. Wanton, profligate; self-indulgent.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective]
golec888
canga1225
light?c1225
wooinga1382
nicea1387
riota1400
wantonc1400
wrenec1400
lachesc1450
loose?a1500
licentious1555
libertine1560
prostitute1569
riggish1569
wide1574
slipper1581
slippery1586
sportive1595
gay1597
Cyprian1598
suburb1598
waggish1600
smicker1606
suburbian1606
loose-living1607
wantona1627
free-living1632
libertinous1632
loose-lived1641
Corinthian1642
akolastic1656
slight1685
fast1699
freea1731
brisk1740
shy1787
slang1818
randomc1825
fastish1832
loosish1846
slummya1860
velocious1872
fly1880
slack1951
c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. x, in Anglia (1885) 8 145 Fonned wymmen..þat wiþ hir vntoune and lacches songes kyndeliþ þe fyre of lecchery.
c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. x, in Anglia (1885) 8 146 Woo to ȝow þat are lacches, slepynge in softe shetys.

Derivatives

lachesness n. negligence, remissness; dilatoriness.
ΚΠ
c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. B. l. 1470 (MED) He fille bakwarde and brak his nek to grete routhe; Loo! what vengeaunce fill for lachisnes [v.r. slaknes] and slouthe.
1481 E. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 640 Here mynde hathe ben othere weys ocapyed þan as to huswyfery, whyche semyth welle be þe latchesnes of þe tylthe of here landys.
?1549 R. Wyer tr. C. de Pisan C. Hyst. Troye xix. sig. E.viiv Befall many inconueniences by slouth and lachesnes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

lachesv.

Forms: late Middle English lacches, late Middle English laches.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: laches n.
Etymology: < laches n. Compare slightly earlier laches adj., and also latch v.2
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To neglect (a duty, a requirement, etc.); to omit. Also with infinitive as object.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)]
atletc1200
forheedc1275
forget1297
lachesc1425
remiss1443
to go by ——?c1450
unregard1545
recklessc1560
to fling aside1587
disregard1641
unheed1847
c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 6 (MED) Tymorosely he dred to laches the preceptis of the Apostle.
c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 52 Youre Patroun by specyal priuylege, grawntid of God, to yow, ȝe lacches to calle.
a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 235 By true seyenge..and nat lacchessinge any thinge that was profitable.
1478 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 611 Let it not be lachesyd, but wyth effect aplyed now.
2. intransitive. To be negligent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or negligent [verb (intransitive)] > be careless or remiss
sleepa1387
laches1483
1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xxiv. 29 He, as a fool, hath lachessed, and lost his tyme in veray vanyte.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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