FOOTLOOSE

footloose

(adjective) free to go or do as one pleases; “Americans have always been a footloose people always moving on”; “a footloose young man eager to see the big city”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

footloose (comparative more footloose, superlative most footloose)

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

(nautical) Of a sail: not properly secured at the bottom.

Source: Wiktionary



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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