plain

adjective
plān

Simple, unaltered.

Other meanings

Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.
Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.

Example sentences

“He was hiding in plain sight.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“They rode across the open plains.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "plānus" (flat, even, level, plain).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “plain” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.