footloose

English

adj
Definitions
  • Tending to travel or do as one pleases; readily without many commitments or responsibility.
  • (nautical) Of a sail: not properly secured at the bottom.

Etymology

Compound from English foot (walk, foot) + English loose.

Origin

English

loose

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