footloose

[ foot-loos ]

adjective

1. free to go or travel about; not confined by responsibilities:

   After graduation, she backpacked through Europe, footloose and fancy-free.

   Synonyms: unattached, fancy-free, carefree, unencumbered

footloose

/ ˈfʊtˌluːs /

adjective

1. free to go or do as one wishes
2. eager to travel; restless

   to feel footloose

Word History and Origins

Origin of footloose¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; foot + loose

Example Sentences

"If they leave, either the jobs disappear entirely, or factories scrabble to receive orders from footloose buying agents who care only about cheap labour and do not worry about factory conditions," Bowman told Reuters.

From Reuters

Tip the world, and the fearful and the timid, nailed securely and drearily in place, would stay put — but the footloose and bold and adventuresome would roll into L.A. and remake themselves.

From Los Angeles Times

Dominique Lapierre, a footloose French journalist who documented beauty, hope and peace amid war, poverty and disease in a long series of popular books, including “Is Paris Burning?”

From New York Times

He left in 2016, spending his days footloose and fancy-free at the Oakland Zoo.

From Seattle Times

For the footloose young lovers in “Bones and All,” Luca Guadagnino’s gory, ridiculous and curiously touching new film, the decision is more a matter of “who” than “what.”

From New York Times