Noun: easy
| Singular | easy |
| Plural | easies |
Sample Sentences
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Virtually all of the "easies" are the first watermark and the "toughs" are the second. [1995 September 19, Greg Ioannou, “watermarks and 11d plum”, in rec.collecting.stamps (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Apr 2026:]
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Run past the nasties, kill the easies. [2001 February 24, Nib / Shu, “nib reaches a milestone!!!”, in microsoft.public.games.zone.asherons_call (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Apr 2026:]
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Make the easies a bit tougher by shaping slightly away from the A position. [2003 September 29, Austin K. Williams, “8 straight hours......”, in alt.sport.pool (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 Apr 2026:]
Nouns inflected like easy
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English esy, eesy, partly from Middle English ese (“ease”) + -y, equivalent to ease + -y, and partly from Anglo-Norman eisé from Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin. See ease. Merged with Middle English ethe, eathe (“easy”), from Old English īeþe, from Proto-Germanic *auþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwtus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to enjoy, consume”). Compare also Old Saxon ōþi, Old High German ōdi, Old Norse auðr, auð-, Icelandic auð (adverb), auð-, all meaning "easy." More at ease, eath. See: Middle English Nouns '
ese', Middle English Nouns '
ethe', Old English Nouns '
īeþe'.