lawspeak

noun

Etymology

From law + -speak.

  1. derived from *legʰ-✻ — “to lie”
  2. derived from *lagą✻ — “that which is laid down”
  3. derived from lǫg — “law”
  4. inherited from lagu — “law”
  5. inherited from lawe
  6. suffixed as lawspeak — “law + speak”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of legalese.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lawspeak. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA