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Antonyms for lacelike

Grammar : Adj
Spell : leys
Phonetic Transcription : leɪs

Definition of lacelike

Origin :
  • early 13c., laz, "cord made of braided or interwoven strands of silk, etc.," from Old French laz "a net, noose, string, cord, snare" (Modern French lacs), from Vulgar Latin *lacium, from Latin laqueum (nominative laqueus) "noose, snare" (Italian laccio, Spanish lazo), a trapping and hunting term, probably from Italic base *laq- "to ensnare" (cf. Latin lacere "to entice"). Later also "net, noose, snare" (c.1300); "piece of cord used to draw together the edges of slits or openings in an article of clothing" (late 14c.). The "ornamental net pattern" meaning is first recorded 1550s. Sense of "cord for tying" remains in shoelace. As an adjective, lace-curtain "middle class" (or lower-class with middle-class pretensions) usually is used in reference to Irish-Americans, by 1928.
  • As in lacy : adj delicate, netlike
Example sentences :
  • Wherever there is sufficient rainfall, the fine-fronded hemlock may be found tracing its lacelike outlines upon the atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « Alaska » by Ella Higginson
  • Then it bursts into yellow bloom, still finer, more feathery and lacelike.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits » by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
  • They must have been master workmen whose fingers and whose ancient forges worked those delicate and lacelike traceries.
  • Extract from : « The Personality of American Cities » by Edward Hungerford
  • The lacelike white of the flowering elder covered the whole earth with a delicate bridal veil.
  • Extract from : « Oldfield » by Nancy Huston Banks
  • By midnight she had just finished stirring the fire-tongs through the ghostly, lacelike ashes of her wedding gown.
  • Extract from : « The Sick-a-Bed Lady » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
  • Clouds of lacelike spray hung in the air after each attack, and cascading torrents returned to the waves.
  • Extract from : « Polaris of the Snows » by Charles B. Stilson
  • The snowy petals, with their lacelike edges, closely resemble those of the white carnation.
  • Extract from : « Cupid's Almanac and Guide to Hearticulture for This Year and Next » by John Cecil Clay
  • Then it bursts into yellow bloom still finer, more feathery and lacelike.
  • Extract from : « Ramona » by Helen Hunt Jackson
  • Her bronze flesh was adorned with a lacelike tracery of beautiful design, in many tints.
  • Extract from : « Captured by the Navajos » by Charles A. Curtis
  • She opened the box of candy, daintily pressed back the lacelike paper covering, and proffered some to him.
  • Extract from : « The Cottage of Delight » by Will N. Harben

Synonyms for lacelike

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