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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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.

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