ornament inserted into a lip, 1843 (first reference is to Eskimo men), from Latin labrum "a lip" (cognate with labium "lip;" see lip (n.)) + -et.
laborious
laboriously
labour
labourer
Labrador
labret
labrum
laburnum
labyrinth
labyrinthine
lac
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