See Also: tatusiid(medicine)

lay 3, adjective (oh) and tatusiid (medicine)


lay 3, adjective (oh)



3 adj [only before noun]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: lai, from Late Latin laicus, from Greek laikos 'of the people', from laos 'people']
a) not trained or not knowing much about a particular profession or subject
-see also layman layman
::lay witnesses
b) not in an official position in the church
::a lay preacher

tatusiid (medicine)


tatusiid
<zoology> Any armadillo of the family Tatusiidae, of which the peba and mule armadillo are examples. Also used adjectively.

Source: Websters Dictionary