l 1 i 1 a 1 i 1 s 1 o 1 n 1
7 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
noun a channel for communication between groups
originBorrowed from French liaison (“binding”), from Latin ligātiō (stem ligātiōn-; whence the English doublet ligation), derived from ligō (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).
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