| Leyser | n. Leisure. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lesser | a. [ This word is formed by adding anew the compar. suffix -er (in which r is from an original s) to less. See Less, a. ] Less; smaller; inferior. [ 1913 Webster ] God made . . . the lesser light to rule the night. Gen. i. 15. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Lesser is used for less, now the compar. of little, in certain special instances in which its employment has become established by custom; as, Lesser Asia (i. e., Asia Minor), the lesser light, and some others; also in poetry, for the sake of the meter, and in prose where its use renders the passage more euphonious. [ 1913 Webster ] The more my prayer, the lesser is my grace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] The larger here, and there the lesser lambs. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] By the same reason may a man, in the state of nature, punish the lesser breaches of the law. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Lesser | adv. Less. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| lesser | (sl) เลสเบี้ยน, See also: ผู้หญิงที่มีพฤติกรรมรักร่วมเพศ, Syn. lesbo, Lezzer |
| Lesser | ขนาดเล็ก [การแพทย์] |
| Lesser Multangular Bone | กระดูกข้อมือแถวล่างอันที่ 2 [การแพทย์] |
| Lesser Trochanter | ปุ่มกระดูกต้นขาปลายบนอันเล็ก, ปุ่มกระดูกต้นขาขนาดเล็ก [การแพทย์] |
| lesser circulation; circulation, pulmonary | การไหลเวียนผ่านปอด [แพทยศาสตร์ ๖ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔] |
| lesser curvature | ส่วนโค้งเล็ก (ของกระเพาะ) [แพทยศาสตร์ ๖ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔] |
| lesser palatine foramen | รูแพลาทีนเล็ก [ทันตแพทยศาสตร์๑๓ มี.ค. ๒๕๔๕] |
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| lesser | (adj) of less size or importance, Ant. greater, Example: the lesser anteater; the lesser of two evils |
| lesser | (adj) smaller in size or amount or value, Example: the lesser powers of Europe; the lesser anteater |
| lesser antilles | (n) a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies, Syn. Caribees |
| lesser ape | (n) gibbons and siamangs |
| lesser bullrush | (n) reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia, Syn. narrow-leaved reedmace, soft flag, narrow-leaf cattail, Typha angustifolia |
| lesser butterfly orchid | (n) south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria, Syn. Habenaria bifolia, Platanthera bifolia |
| lesser calamint | (n) low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States, Syn. Satureja calamintha glandulosa, field balm, Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta, Calamintha nepeta |
| lesser celandine | (n) perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles, Syn. Ranunculus ficaria, pilewort |
| lesser centaury | (n) common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes, Syn. Centaurium minus |
| lesser galangal | (n) Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring, Syn. Alpinia officinalis, Alpinia officinarum |
| 比较少 | [比 较 少 / 比 較 少] lesser [Add to Longdo] |
