footloose

adj

Etymology

From foot + loose.

  1. derived from *lewh₁-
  2. derived from *lausaz
  3. derived from lauss
  4. inherited from loos
  5. compounded as footloose — “foot + loose

Definitions

  1. Tending to travel or do as one pleases

    Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.

    • He was footloose in his youth.
    • Because we often imagine that immigrants are constantly on the move, footloose, able to change course at any moment.
    • […] They are footloose but also desperate, squeezed by rising inequality and a frayed safety net.
  2. Of a sail

    Of a sail: not properly secured at the bottom.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA