off-centre

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Adjective

off-centre (comparative more off-centre, superlative most off-centre)

  1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand) displaced from the centre
    Place the decorations off-centre on the table.
  2. eccentric, unbalanced, slightly wrong
    Every time I see him, he acts a bit off-centre.
    • 1987 May 9, Michael Bronski, “Prick Up Your Marriage”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
      While Lahr's book was meticulously researched, the author had such deeply ambivalent feelings about Orton's relationship with Halliwwell (and probably with all gay relationships) that the book felt off-center.

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.