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What (who) is LAXNESS - definition
ICELANDIC AUTHOR (1902-1998)
Halldor Laxness; Halldór Gudjónsson; Gudjónsson; Halldór Guðjónsson; Halldór Kiljan Laxness; Halldor Kiljan Laxness; Halldor laxness; Haldor Laxness; Laxness; Haldor Kiljan Laxness; Halldor Gudjonnson; Halldor Gudjonsson; Halldo Kiljan Laxness; Halldor Guthdjonsson
![Halldór Laxness by [[Einar Hákonarson]], 1984](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laxness portrett einar hakonarson 1984.jpg?width=200 "Halldór Laxness by [[Einar Hákonarson]], 1984")
Laxness
·noun The state of being lax; laxity.
laxness
n.
See lax, in its various senses.
laxative
AGENTS THAT PRODUCE A SOFT FORMED STOOL, AND RELAX AND LOOSEN THE BOWELS, TYPICALLY USED OVER A PROTRACTED PERIOD, TO RELIEVE CONSTIPATION
Purgative; Laxatives; Alviduca; Alviducous; Aperient; Stool softener; Bulk-forming agent; Purgatives; Osmotic laxative; Stimulant laxative; Stool softeners; Opening medicine; Stimulant laxatives; Saline laxative; Laxative abuse; Bulk forming agent; Bulk forming laxative; Eccoprotics; Ectoprotics
n.
1) to take a laxative
2) to prescribe a laxative
3) an effective; mild; strong laxative
Wikipedia
Halldór Laxness
Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Icelandic: [ˈhaltour ˈcʰɪljan ˈlaksnɛs] (listen); born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories. Writers who influenced Laxness included August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht and Ernest Hemingway.
Examples of use of LAXNESS
1. Laxness, in particular, resonated with my upbringing in the Highlands.
2. The perception of British laxness in dealing with the issue is by no means universal.
3. The restrictions of Putin‘s regime may only be a reaction to Yeltsin‘s laxness.
4. When I read Laxness, it was in a translation by Magnus Magnusson, Scotland‘s most famous Icelander.
5. And it points to the moral laxness of the gatekeepers of the media outlet that made the note public.