unfancy en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fancy English unfancy From un- + fancy.
Meanings
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Not fancy; simple
Physically, the piece is slight: an odd-shaped, four-inch-across scrap of blue paper marked with unfancy parallel ink strokes and white highlights.
2009 January 23, Holland Cotter, “Where Lines Become a Kind of Language”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unfancy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unfancy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |