Adjective – Baggy of clothing very loose : not tight baggy jeans/sweaters These pants are too baggy at the knees.
Tag: Adjective
Adjective > Rococo
Adjective – Rococo Above is a room in a German palace. It’s decorated in the rococo style: a kind of extremely detailed, highly ornamented way of designing furniture, rooms, ceilings, and entire buildings that was popular in Europe in the Read More …
Adjective > Ominous
Adjective – Ominous The word “omen” comes straight from Latin and means “something that tells what will happen in the future.” Omens are either good or bad. You don’t hear too much about humdrum omens. But, maybe because we pay Read More …
Adjective > Deplorable
Adjective – Deplorable (more deplorable; most deplorable) very bad in a way that causes shock, fear, or disgust : deserving to be deplored The company has shown a deplorable (=appalling, unconscionable) lack of concern for the environment. children living in Read More …
Adjective > Bare-bones
Adjective > Bite-size
Adjective > Clairvoyant
Adjective – Clairvoyant We took this word from French, where it means “clear-sighted.” If you trace that French word back to its Latin roots, you’ll see how it ultimately comes from the Latin clarus (“clear, or loud“) and videre (“to Read More …
Noun & Adjective > Yo-Yoing
Noun & Adjective – Yo-Yoing ou know the toy: one axle, two discs, one long string that can’t wait to get hopelessly tangled. Figuratively speaking, a yo-yo is anything that moves up and down, over and over, in a jerky Read More …
