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Joinville, Jean, sire de (sh) and lax(1) (iou)


Joinville, Jean, sire de (sh)




born งใ 1224, Joinville, Champagne
died Dec. 24, 1317, Joinville

French chronicler.

A member of the lesser nobility of Champagne, Joinville became friends with Louis IX while taking part in the Seventh Crusade (1248-54). His famous Histoire de Saint Louis, completed งใ 1309, is a prose chronicle that provides a supreme account of that Crusade, including vivid descriptions of the financial hardships, the dangers of sea voyages, the ravages of disease, the confusion and lack of discipline in the Crusading army, and Muslim customs. On his return he was made seneschal of Champagne and divided his time between the royal court and his fief of Joinville.


lax(1) (iou)



lax adjective & adverb. [laks] LME.
[Latin laxus loose, cogn. with SLACK adjective.]
A. adjective.
Of the bowels: loose. Formerly also, (of a person) having loose bowels. LME.
a. Loose in texture; loosely cohering or compacted; porous. LME.
T. H. Green Those organs which possess a lax structure..as the lungs.
b. Botany. Esp. of an inflorescence: having the parts distant from each Other or in an open or loose arrangement. L18.
Loose-fitting, worn loosely; careless of one's dress or appearance. rare. LME.
Not strict or severe; vague, not precise or exact. L15.
J. R. Green Richard [Cromwell] was known to be lax and godless in his conduct. M. Edwardes Discipline was lax, and bad practices were widely in evidence.
Slack; not tense or rigid; (of bodily constitution or mental powers) lacking in tone or tension. Now rare. M17.
b. Of the limbs etc.: relaxed, without muscular tension. M19.
R. West A two-day-old calf, lax on the ground, like a great skein of fawn-coloured silk.
c. Phonetics. Of a speech sound: pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed. Cf. TENSE adjective 1b. E20.
B. adverb. So as to have ample room. rare (Milton). Only in M17.
laxly adverb LME.
laxness noun LME.