Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Free and relaxed in manner; casual.
  • noun In dance, a pointing of the foot in which the foot leaves the floor.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Easy; unconstrained; indifferent to conventional rules.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Unconstrained; easy; free.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective showing lack of emotional involvement
  • adjective free and relaxed in manner

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, past participle of dégager, to disengage, from Old French desgagier : des-, de- + gage, pledge (of Germanic origin).]

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