footloose en · ADJ
Etymology
From foot + loose.
Meanings
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Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.
Because we often imagine that immigrants are constantly on the move, footloose, able to change course at any moment.
2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 465:[…] They are footloose but also desperate, squeezed by rising inequality and a frayed safety net.
2021 February 18, A. O. Scott, “‘Nomadland’ Review: The Unsettled Americans”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:He was footloose in his youth.
- Of a sail: not properly secured at the bottom.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more footloose | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most footloose | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
footloosely · footlooseness · footloose and fancy free
Relateds
Translations (7)
es sin compromiso (tending to travel) · cs svobodný (tending to travel) · cs bez závazků (tending to travel) · cs volný (tending to travel) · es libre (tending to travel) · de ungebunden (tending to travel) · es despreocupado (tending to travel)