Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Plain jane clothing
Plain jane couture
Quaker jane
Hallmark
Origins of sayings
Fire apes
Trendy teen clothing
Sew country
Nearby Words
plaguily
plaguy
plaice
plaid
plaid cymru
plaid screen
plaidest
plain
plain as day
plain ascii
plain bearing
plain chant
plain chocolate
plain clothes
plain clothes m...
plain clothes m...
plain dealing
plain field
plain film
plain flour
plain jane
plain jezreel
plain knit
plain laid
plain lap
plain of jars
plain of jezree...
plain of mamre
plain old docum...
plain old telep...
plain old telep...
plain people
plain rail
plain sail
plain saw
plain sawn
plain song
plain spoken
plain stane
plain stitch
plain stone
plain Jane
Origin
Records For
Plain Jane
?
www.instantcheckmate.com/
Find The Truth About
Plain Jane
View Criminal Records In Seconds.
Plain Jane
www.ask.com/
Plain
+
Jane
Questions
Plain Jane
Plain Jane
Answers
Plain Jane
www.peeplo.com/
Plain
+
Jane
All About
Plain Jane
Plain Jane
in One Site!
Ads
plain Jane
noun
Informal
.
a drab, unattractive, and generally uninteresting girl or woman.
Plain Jane
Clothing
www.dealtime.com/
Plain Jane
Clothing - Deals! Save on
Plain Jane
Clothing
Ad
Origin:
1910–15
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Plain Jane
is always a great word to know.
So is
slumgullion
. Does it mean:
So is
flibbertigibbet
. Does it mean:
So is
bezoar
. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Dictionary.com Unabridged
plain-Jane
/
ˈpleɪnˈdʒeɪn
/
Show Spelled
[
pleyn
-
jeyn
]
Show IPA
adjective
Informal
.
simple and modest; unadorned; basic:
a plain-Jane car dressed up with leather upholstery.
Also,
plain-jane
.
Origin:
1935–40
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
plain Jane
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
plain Jane
"unattractive woman," first attested 1912.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Plain Jane
People who can define
Plain Jane
may know
45,520
words, as many as a
12th grader.
How many words do you know?
Use Dictionary.com faster without ads >>
Matching Quote
"To look almost pretty, is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life, than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive."
-Jane Austen
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT