plain
plain [-er] adj
OFr < L. plān-us, flat.
- Common; unsophisticated; artless; ignorant; awkward; manifesting lack of experience in worldly matters.
- Smooth; unbroken.
- Unclouded; unconfused.
- Unornamented; undecorated; unembellished; uninteresting, monotonous, ordinary.
- Pure; solid; untinted by other colors.
- Mere; bare.
- Obvious; evident; clear; visible.
- Honest; frank; undisguised.
plain adv
see plain, adj.
- Clearly; openly; honestly; with full disclosure.
- Modestly; humbly; simply; unpretentiously; in an unassuming manner.
plain n
OFr < L. plān-um, see plain, a.
- Prairie; range; grassland; lowland; flat, treeless expanse of ground.
- Battlefield; cemetery grounds; burial place.
- [Fig.] area; place; location.
- [Fig.] realm of nature; earth; surrounding area