"fancy-free" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fancy-free [comparative], most fancy-free [superlative]
Etymology: From fancy + -free. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fancy|free}} fancy + -free Head templates: {{en-adj|head=fancy-free}} fancy-free (comparative more fancy-free, superlative most fancy-free)
  1. Free of commitments or obligations
    Sense id: en-fancy-free-en-adj-w2LU8g6b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -free, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -free: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 61 39
  2. Having no spouse or other partner Translations (Having no spouse or other partner): célibataire [feminine, masculine] (French), chưa yêu ai (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fancy-free-en-adj-4KfIM-lh Disambiguation of 'Having no spouse or other partner': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: footloose and fancy-free
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