PLAIN
What does "PLAIN" mean?
Simple, ordinary, or without decoration; also a large flat area of land.
Meanings
- Without decoration, pattern, or addition; simple. She wore a plain white dress.
- Easy to see, hear, or understand; clear. He made his objection in plain English.
- Not beautiful or remarkable in appearance. It was a plain little house on a plain little street.
- A large area of flat, low-lying land. Bison once roamed the open plains.
Word origin
From Latin 'planus', meaning flat or level; the adjective and the geographical noun share this single root, arriving via Old French 'plain'.
Remember it
PLAIN (flat land) and PLANE (flat surface) both come from Latin 'planus' - flat; the spelling 'plain' keeps the 'i' you see across the open prairie.
A little poem
No ornament, no hill to break the eye-
just grass, and grass, and somewhere far, the sky.
The plainest things are hardest to deny.
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Wordplay
- Why was the prairie such a clear speaker? It always told things plain.
What it teaches
Plainness is not poverty; sometimes the unadorned thing is the only one telling you the truth.
Quick facts
What does PLAIN mean?
Simple, ordinary, or without decoration; also a large flat area of land.
Is PLAIN a valid word?
Yes — PLAIN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PLAIN?
PLAIN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does PLAIN come from?
From Latin 'planus', meaning flat or level; the adjective and the geographical noun share this single root, arriving via Old French 'plain'.
What can PLAIN teach us?
Plainness is not poverty; sometimes the unadorned thing is the only one telling you the truth.
How players do
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