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laurence | x |

As a proper noun laurence

is .

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

laurence

English

Alternative forms

* Lawrence (usual US spelling)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet , Act II, Scene IV
    • Romeo : Bid her devise / Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; / And there she shall at Friar Laurence' cell / Be shriv'd and married.
  • * 1835 , Lodore , Wallis&Newell 1835, page 30:
    • "I will do any thing, however impossible, if you will only not call me Mr Hervey. Why am I not Laurence''''' to you - Miss Vivian calls me '''Laurence''' - I am '''Laurence''' to every one but you - let me hear you call me ' Laurence ," in an earnest manner.

    • Related terms

    * pet forms: Larry, Laurie, Lawrie * variants: Lars, Loren, Lorenzo

    See also

    * Laura and its variants

    Anagrams

    * ----

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----