lees

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
  2. noun United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
  3. noun United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

Etymology

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.

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