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less O.E. læs (adv.), læssa (adj.), comp. of læs "small;" from P.Gmc. *lais-izo "smaller" (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. les "less;" M.Du. lise "soft, gentle," Ger. leise "soft"), from PIE root *leis- "small" (Cf. Lith. liesas "thin"). Formerly also "younger," as a translation of L. minor, a sense now obsolete except in James the Less. Used as a comparative of LITTLE (Cf. little), but not related to it. The noun is O.E. læsse.

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