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lees¹

  • /liːz/

Rhymes with -iːz

Where it comes from

From Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”). Doublet of lias; also related to Loire and Leicester.

noun

  1. plural, plural only The sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit. Methinks my body is but the lees of my better being.

lees²

  • /liːz/

Rhymes with -iːz

noun

  1. plural plural of lee

Lees³

proper noun Leeses

  1. countable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A village in Dalbury Lees parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2637).
  3. countable, uncountable A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9504).

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Lee

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