Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo take part in the courtship and display behaviour of a lek. · To play.
From Germanic roots meaning "play". In the biology sense, it comes specifically from Swedish lek (“child's play”), by means of Swedish leka (“to play”). The verb is first attested in English in 1871 and the noun at least as early as 1867.
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