Word.ws English Dictionary

lacis

UK/ˈlasi/

lacis noun: a type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.

Noun

lacis (uncountable)

  1. A type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.
    • he sought to accumulate the most exquisite specimens that he could find of textile and embroidered work, getting […] veils of lacis worked in Hungary point […]1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 122

Origin of lacis

From French lacis.

Questions about lacis

What does lacis mean?
Lacis means a type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.
What part of speech is lacis?
Lacis is a noun.
How do you pronounce lacis?
Lacis is pronounced /ˈlasi/ (UK).

Words near lacis in the dictionary

  1. lacinula
  2. lacinulae
  3. lacinulate
  4. lacinule
  5. lacinules
  6. lacis
  7. LaCivita
  8. LaCivitas
  9. lack
  10. lack of sleep
  11. lack-a-daisical

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lacis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “lacis.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lacis. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.