Definitions for Laurence

Laurence lau·rence

Spelling: [lawr-uh ns, lor-]
IPA: /ˈlɔr əns, ˈlɒr-/

Laurence is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 255 anagrams from letters in Laurence (aceelnru).

Definitions for Laurence

noun

  1. Physics. a shimmering effect seen over a hot surface, such as a pavement or roadway, on a clear and calm day, caused by the irregular refraction of light. Compare scintillation (def 4).
  2. a male given name, form of Lawrence.

Origin of Laurence

First recorded in 1790-1800; of unexplained orig.

Examples for Laurence

There I found laurence Grard, but she was fetched away the next moment.

"Enough, Blanche," Mr. laurence continued, in a softer voice.

Mr. laurence could not deny the fact, and so he looked undecided, and was silent.

laurence Fishburne is the titular character in the 1995 film of Othello.

Somewhere in the Afterlife, laurence Sterne must have been tickled to see his fiendish book infused with new life.

laurence and I are very lucky in that we get on well and the chemistry seems to work.

He then rang the bell and told the boy to show in Mlle. laurence Grard.

My editor, the renowned laurence Gandar, called me to his office to be questioned.

De Chilly was then helping on a charming girl named laurence Grard.

He's a live wire, laurence: very, very intelligent and he can keep a whole unit bubbling along.

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