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2. To be in want.

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger.

Ps. xxxiv. 10.

Lack, interj. [Cf. Alack.] Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] Cowper.

Lack`a*dai"si*cal (lk`*d"z*kal), a. [From Lackadaisy, interj.] Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. -- Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly, adv.

Lack"a*dai`sy (?), interj. [From Lackaday, interj.] An expression of languor.

Lack"a*dai`sy, a. Lackadaisical.

Lack"a*day` (?), interj. [Abbreviated from alackaday.] Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.

Lack"brain` (?), n. One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak.

Lack"er (?), n. One who lacks or is in want.

Lack"er, n. & v. See Lacquer.

Lack"ey (?), n.; pl. Lackeys (#). [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E. lick, v.] An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.

Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.

Shak.

Lackey caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonly called tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar, under Tent. -- Lackey moth (Zoöl.), the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.

Lack"ey, v. t. To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.

A thousand liveried angels lackey her.

Milton.

Lack"ey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lackeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lackeying.] To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

{ Lack"lus`ter, Lack"lus`tre } (?), n. A want of luster. -- a. Wanting luster or brightness. "Lackluster eye." Shak.

Lac"mus (?), n. See Litmus.

La*co"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan. - - n. An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.

{ La*con"ic (?), La*con"ic*al (?), } a. [L. Laconicus Laconian, Gr. &?;&?;, fr. &?;&?; a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, or Spartan: cf. F. laconique.] 1. Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.

I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.

Pope.

His sense was strong and his style laconic.

Welwood.

2. Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.