• O.E.
n. Old English malt liquor …1980s African-American sl. a mild oath …L16 euphemism
• OE
n. 1. a grandchild; an illegitimate grandchild brought up by its grandparents …1704 Sc.
n. 2. a small island …1817 rare
n. 3. a nephew …1825 Sc.
• OECODOMICAL
adj. relating to the building of houses; architectural …1678 obs. rare
• OECUMENIC
adj. belonging to the whole world; universal, general, world-wide …1588
• OECUMENICAL
adj. belonging to the whole world; universal, general, world-wide …1607
• OEDIPEAN
adj. clever at guessing a riddle …1621
• OEDIPODIC
adj. swollen-footed, gouty …1694 nonce word obs.
• OEDIPUS
n. one who is clever at guessing riddles …1557
• OEDIPUS (REX)
n. sex …1979 UK rhyming sl.
• OEILLADE
n. a glance of the eye, esp. an amorous glance; an ogle …1592
• OEL
n. warm vapour; a current of warm air …1899 Sc.
• OENOLOGIST
n. a connoisseur in wines …1865
• OENOLOGY
n. the knowledge or study of wines …1814
• OENOMANCY
n. divination by means of wine …1652
• OENOMANIA
n. 1. a mania or insane craving for wine or other intoxicating drink …1880
n. 2. man resulting from intoxication; delirium tremens …1897
• OENOMANIAC
n. a person having an insane craving for wine or other intoxicating drink …1857
• OENOPHILIST
n. a lover of wine …1859
• OENOPHOBIST
n. one who has dread of or an aversion to wine …1867
• OENOPOETIC
adj. pert. to wine-making …1894
• OEPS
n. use, benefit, profit …1383 obs.
• OES
adj. seedy, run-down, ‘under the weather’ …20C S. Afr. sl.
• OESTRUS
n. something that stings or goads one on, a stimulus; vehement impulse; passion, frenzy …1850
• OF A CERTAIN AGE
phr. description of a middle-aged or older person, usually a woman …M18 euphemism
• OF A DIZZY AGE
adj. ageing …L19 UK society usage
• OFAGINZY
n. a White person …1946 African-American sl.
• OF ALL ONE’S HEART
adv. with all one’s heart; sincerely, earnestly …c1380 obs.
• OF A RATE
adj. on a par, equal …1542 obs.
• OF-ASK
vb. to inquire, to ask for; to get or learn by inquiry …c1000 obs.
• OF A SORT
adj. mediocre …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• OF A SUDDENTY
adv. all of a sudden, suddenly …c1440 obs.
• OF AUGHT
adj. of importance or consequence …1821 Sc.
• OF A WHATNESS
adj. of the same size, importance, value, etc. …1864 Amer. dial.
• OFAY
adj. White; pert. to White culture …L19 sl., orig. African-American
n. 1. a White person …1920 African-American sl., disparaging and offensive
n. 2. a Black person who acts like a Caucasian …E20 African-American usage, derogatory
• OFCALEN
adj. affected with cold, chilled, frozen …c1000 obs.
• OFCLEPE
vb. to call for, to summon, to get by calling …c1000 obs.
• OFDREDE
vb. to terrify, to frighten …c1000 obs.
• OFDRUNKEN
vb. to drown, to swallow up in water …c1200 obs.
• OF-EARN
vb. to earn, to deserve …c1200 obs.
• OF EASY RATE
adj. cheaply purchased …1596 obs.
• OFER
adj. used to describe a male pornography performer who either cannot achieve an erection or cannot ejaculate when needed …1995 US sl.
n. 1. in baseball: a second-rate player …1966 US sl.
n. 2. in baseball: an instance of a pitcher holding a batter hitless throughout a ballgame …1983 US sl.
• OFEY
n. a White person …L19 US sl., usually derogatory
• OFF
adj. 1. distant, aloof, withdrawn …a1555 UK
adj. 2. uninterested in, not wanting …18C sl.
adj. 3. not being used, at a standstill …1846 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. not performing or working well …1846 US sl.
adj. 5. gone, stolen …M19 US criminals’ sl.
adj. 6. of a crime: successfully achieved …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
adj. 7. not working; not engaged …1861 US sl.
adj. 8. crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird …1866 US sl.
adj. 9. cancelled; not going to happen …1882 US sl.
adj. 10. in ill health; feeling or looking unwell; despondent, unenthusiastic …1890s colloq.
adj. 11. mad, very foolish …L19 sl.
adj. 12. out of date, no longer fashionable …1892 colloq.
adj. 13. stale; not fresh; in poor condition; out-of-date …1896 sl.
adj. 14. sad, sorrowful, regretful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 15. having lost interest in; averse to …1908 UK sl.
adj. 16. forbidden …1910s sl.
adj. 17. not using an addictive drug, usually narcotic …1910s drug culture sl.
adj. 18. abstaining from alcohol …1910s sl.
adj. 19. of an arrest: successful …1930s UK criminals’ sl.
adj. 20. somewhat ill; indisposed …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
adj. 21. of a street prostitute: being with a client, and, therefore, off the street …1959 UK sl.
adj. 22. happy, elated, enjoying the positive effects of drugs or drink …1960s sl.
adj. 23. in a trance …1980s sl.
adj. 24. disgusting, revolting, offensive …1987 Aust. sl.
adj. 25. dead, dying …1990s Aust. criminals’ sl.
adj. 26. of food: unavailable on a menu …20C sl.
adv. to the point of orgasm …1675 sl.
prep. 1. no longer interested in; avoiding …1889 sl.
prep. 2. by means of; at the expense of …1963 US sl.
prep. 3. not using, no longer addicted to …1930s US drug culture sl.
n. 1. an outing, an excursion, a day off …1892 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a descendant; offspring; one of a progeny or family …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a warning given to an illegal betting operation by corrupt police of a pending raid …1952 US sl.
n. 4. the start of a race; the beginning of something; the start of a journey …1959 UK sl.
n. 5. in dominoes: a piece that does not contribute to the value of your hand …1959 US sl.
n. 6. free time …1960s S. Afr. sl.
n. 7. a fight …1990s UK criminals’ sl.
vb. 1. to put off, to defer …1642 obs.
vb. 2. to get rid of, to reject, to dismiss …L19 sl.
vb. 3. to leave; to go off …L19 sl.
vb. 4. to discharge; to reject; hence, to eliminate, to stop …1908 US sl., chiefly Black usage
vb. 5. to die …1920s sl.
vb. 6. to kill or murder; to destroy …1930 sl., orig. African-American
vb. 7. of a man: to have sexual intercourse …1950s sl., orig. US
vb. 8. to steal; to rob, usually with violence …1950s US criminals’ sl.
vb. 9. to beat up someone …1960s African-American sl.
vb. 10. to dispose of, to sell …1960s US sl.
vb. 11. to apprehend and arrest someone …1970s US police usage
vb. 12. to humiliate …1970s sl.
vb. 13. to place under arrest …1975 US police sl.
• OFF AGAINST
prep. opposite, in front of, near …1946 Amer. dial.
• OFFAGE
n. refuse …1727
• OFFAL
adj. 1. worthless, vile; outcast …c1605 now chiefly Eng. dial.
adj. 2. inferior, superfluous; dirty, untidy …1750 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. in ill health …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. the parts of slaughtered or dead animals unfit for food; putrid flesh; carrion; used contemptuously; also, the bodies or limbs of the slain …1581
n. 2. refuse in general; rubbish, garbage …1598
• OFFALD
adj. inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile …1750 Eng. dial.
• OFFALDMENT
n. anything of no value; a mean, worthless person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALDY
adj. of the nature of refuse; rubbishy, worthless …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALING
adj. of the nature of refuse; rubbishy, worthless …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OF-FALL
vb. to fall upon; to kill, to destroy …a1000 obs.
• OF-FALLING
n. a falling off in health, excellence, or goodness …1825 Sc.
• OF-FALLINGS
n. crumbs or scraps that fall from the table …1636 Sc.
• OFFALLY
adj. inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALLY-MADE
adj. badly made …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALMENT
n. 1. anything of no value; a mean, worthless person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the intestines of animals …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALOUS
adj. 1. inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile …1857 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. in bad health …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALS
n. fragments that fall off in breaking or using anything; crumbs, leavings; relics, remnants …1563-87 obs.
• OFFALY
adj. inferior, worthless; untidy, ugly; disreputable, vile …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFALY-MADE
adj. badly made …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF AND ON
adj. indecisive, wavering, vacillating …M19 sl.
int. get up and get going! – used as a command …1942 US Army sl.
• OFF AND RUNNING
adj. started and making good headway …1960s sl., orig. horseracing usage
• OFF-ANGLE
adj. unusual, unconventional, strange …1962 US sl.
• OFF AT HOOKS
adj. out of temper; unwell …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF AT THE HEAD
adj. eccentric, mad …M19 sl.
• OFF AT THE KNOT
adj. deranged in mind, insane …1790 Sc.
• OFF AT THE NAIL
adj. 1. muddled, confused, beyond the bounds of reason …1721 Sc.
adj. 2. tipsy …1822 Sc.
adj. 3. neglectful of all sense of propriety; mad, wrong-headed; deranged in mind, insane…1897 Sc.
• OFF AT THE SIDE
adj. deranged in mind, insane …1790 Eng. dial.
• OFFAY
n. a White person …1925 Amer. dial. Black usage, derogatory
• OFF BASE
adj. 1. not appropriate; uncalled for …20C US sl.
adj. 2. unawares, by surprise …1936 US sl., orig. baseball usage
adj. 3. incorrect; inaccurate …1947 US sl.
adj. 4. presumptuous; impudent; impertinent; assuming authority or intimacy which one does not have …1950s sl.
• OFF BEAM
adj. wholly incorrect …1940s sl., orig. US
• OFF-BEAR
n. progeny, offspring …1953 Amer. dial.
• OFFBEAT
adj. 1. unusual, unconventional, strange; weird; out of the ordinary …1925 US sl., orig. jazz
adj. 2. mistaken, wrong, in error …1958 US sl.
adj. 3. worthless …1962 African-American sl.
• OFF-BRAND
adj. 1. odd, peculiar, unusual, unconventional, strange …1960 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. second-rate …1960s sl., orig. African-American
adj. 3. of a child: illegitimate …1960s sl., orig. African-American
adj. 4. of animals: not intentionally bred …1966 Amer. dial.
adj. 5. unfashionable, esp. when wearing too many (clashing) colours …1960s sl., orig. African-American
n. 1. an unconventional or strange person …1967 US sl.
n. 2. a Black person …1990s US sl.
n. 3. a rival gangster …1990s African-American gang sl.
• OFF-BRAND CIGARETTE
n. a marijuana cigarette …1970s drug culture sl.
• OFF-BRAND STUD
n. a male homosexual …1962 US sl.
• OFF-BREED
n. 1. a person of mixed blood …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 2. one who is not from your community, and doesn’t belong; an outsider …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 3.a cat with fur of mixed colours …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a dog of mixed breed …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a horse of mixed colours …1965 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a horse that was not intentionally bred, or bred by accident …1965 Amer. dial.
• OFF-BY-ONE ERROR
n. in computing: any simple and basic error, such as starting at 1 instead of 0 …1991 US sl.
• OFF-CAP
vb. to take off or doff the cap, in reverence or respect to a person …1604 nonce word obs.
• OFF-CAST
n. 1. an outcast, a castaway …1631 Sc.
n. 2. (as ‘offcast’) something discarded …1854 Amer. dial.
• OFF-CHUMP
adj. lacking appetite, off one’s food …L19 sl.
• OFF-COLOUR
adj. 1. tending to be indecent, obscene, lewd, or lascivious, but hinting at or suggesting the obscene …1875 sl.
adj. 2. slightly indisposed; ill …1876 sl.
adj. 3. homosexual …1940s US criminals’ sl.
• OFFCOME
n. 1. the product of multiplication …1542 obs.
n. 2. a conclusion, finish of an argument …1653 obs.
n. 3. a way of ‘getting off’; an excuse, pretense, evasion; an apology; a strange speech …a1700 Sc.
n. 4. a stranger; one who is not a native of the district …1860 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a good or bad result, the way in which a thing works out …1901 Sc.
• OFF-COMED
adj. from a distance, foreign, strange …1882 Eng. dial.
• OFF-COMER
n. a stranger; one who is not a native of the district …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF-COUNTRY
adj. from a distance, strange …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFCUT
n. the act of cutting off …1674 rare
• OFFDUTY
adj. not engaged in stealing …1887 cant
• OFFE
n. a small piece, a morsel, a crumb …c1420 obs. rare
vb. to break into bits, to crumble …c1420 obs. rare
• OFFEAR
vb. to frighten, to terrify …1131 obs.
• OF-FEARED
adj. frightened, afraid …a1200 obs.
• OFFED
adj. dead; killed …World War I sl.
• OFFEE KAY
n. coffee …1930s back-slang
• OFFENCE
n. 1. hurt, harm, injury, damage …c1374 obs.
n. 2. the condition of being regarded with displeasure; disfavour, disgrace …1387 obs.
n. 3. feeling of being hurt; painful or unpleasant sensation, pain …c1400 obs.
n. 4. the fact of being annoying, unpleasant, or repulsive; offensiveness; something that causes annoyance or disgust; an offensive object, quality, feature or state of things; a nuisance …c1430 obs.
n. 5. a fault, a blemish …1567 obs. rare
n. 6. obstruction, opposition …1600 obs.
vb. to offend …1512 obs.
► OFFENCEFUL ► OFFENSEFUL adj. causing offence or displeasure; wrong; sinful; criminal → 1611
• OFFENCIOUS
adj. 1593 – given to offending, having the quality of transgressing or committing an offence → obs.
• OFFEND
vb. 1. to attack, to assault, to assail; also, to act on the offensive …c1374 obs.
vb. 2. to strike with the feet against something, to stumble …1382 obs. rare
vb. 3. to strike so as to hurt; to wound, to hurt; to give physical pain to; to harm, to injure …c1385 obs.
vb. 4. to smell bad; to offend someone with perspiration odour or with bad breath …M20 US advertising usage
• OFFENDABLE
adj. capable of being or liable to be offended …1868 rare
• OFFENDANT
adj. 1. causing injury or mischief …1547 obs.
n. 1. one who offends or does wrong; a transgressor, an offender …1597 rare
n. 2. an assailant …1644 obs.
• OFFENDICLE
n. a stumbling-block; a cause of offence; an occasion of sin or spiritual difficulty …1545 obs.
• OFFENDRESS
n. 1601 – a female offender
• OFFEN ONE’S BOX
adj. 1903 – crazy; foolishly wrong; mistaken → Amer. dial.
• OFFENSABLE
adj. 1489 – offensive, aggressive → obs.
• OFFENSANT
adj. 1578 – hurting, hurtful, injurious → obs.
• OFFENSIBLE
adj. 1. 1574 – of the nature of an offence, fault, or crime; hurtful, harmful, injurious; offensive → obs.
adj. 2. 1800 – liable to take offense; easily offended
• OFFENSION
n. 1. 1374 – hurt, injury, damage; displeasure, annoyance; what is offensive or causes disgust; wrong-doing, misdeed; fault → obs.
n. 2. 1543 – stumbling; striking against some obstacle → obs.
• OFFENSIVE
adj. 1. 1548 – hurtful, harmful, injurious → obs.
adj. 2. 1607 – having the quality of transgressing or committing offense; of the nature of a transgression → obs.
• OFFENSIVELY
adv. 1576 – injuriously, hurtfully → obs.
• OFFENSIVE POTATOES
n. 2003 – canned potatoes → Antarctica usage
• OFFER
n. 1. 1581 – an attempt at doing something, or a show of this; the act of aiming at something, an aim → obs.
n. 2. 1787 – choice; disposal → Sc.
n. 3. 1848 _ occasion, opportunity → Ireland
n. 4. 1884 – a knob or bud showing on a stag’s antler
n. 5. 1905 – a projecting or overhanging bank → Sc. (Bk.)
n. 6. 1953 – promise, hopes, prospect of improvement → Sc.
vb. 1. 1639 – to incline, to tend in some direction; to have an inclination or disposition to → obs.
vb. 2. 1671 – to give something as a present → obs.
vb. 3. 1722 – to attempt, to try; to make an effort or start; to show intention or promise of → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 4. 1892 – to hold up or display for the purpose of testing the appearance of anything; to try; to experiment with → Eng. dial.
• OFFER AT
vb. 1847 – to make an attempt at; to aim at → Sc.
• OFFERD
adj. 1200 – afraid → obs.
• OFFERING
n. 1. 1903 – a small quantity → Sc.
n. 2. 1903 – a feeble attempt → Sc.
• OFFER OUT
vb. 1905 – to challenge anyone to fight → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• OFFER SOMEONE OUT
vb. L19 – to challenge to a fight → sl.
• OFFER THE BAG
vb. 1890 – to dismiss an employee → Eng. dial.
• OFFER TILL
vb. 1903 – to make an offer of marriage to → Sc.
• OFFERTURE
n. 1631 – the offering of something for acceptance; an offer, proposal, overture → obs.
• OFF-FALL
n. 1. 1882 – a dropping; a scrap fallen off; a bit of waste, something left over → Sc. & Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1967 – an offshoot, a separate branch → Amer. dial.
• OFF-FALLER
n. 1780 – one who declines from any course; an apostate → Sc.
• OFF-FALLING
n. 1. 1660 – a scrap, crumb, reject; anything cast off and thrown on one side; something left over; a perquisite → Sc. obs.
n. 2. 1825 – a decline, a falling off, as in health and appearance, or in morals; a deterioration → Sc.
• OFF-FARM
n. a farm held by a tenant who does not reside on it …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF-FEND
vb. to ward off …1827 Sc. obs.
• OFF-FLOOR
adj. of a woman: menstruating …1967 Amer. dial.
• OFF-GANG
n. a commencement, start, outset …1881 Eng. dial.
• OFF-GANGER
n. one who journeys outwards …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF-GATE
n. 1. an outlet, market, or means of sale …1876 Sc.
n. 2. an excursion from home …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFF-GETT
n. an illegitimate child …1823 Sc.
• OFF-GIRL
n. an illegitimate girl …20C US dial.
• OFF-GO
n. a start, a beginning …1886 Sc. colloq.
• OFF-GOING
n. 1. departure; going away; removal …1727
n. 2. death …1727 Sc.
n. 3. a commencement, start, outset …1885 Sc.
• OFF-HAND
adj. 1. of a farm: owned by a tenant who does not reside there …1898 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. plain, honest, blunt; free-spoken …Bk1905 Sc.
adv. without delay, instantly, forthwith; lately …1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OFF-HANDED
adj. 1. written or done on the spur of the moment …1857 Sc.
adj. 2. stiff, haughty; brusque …1883 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of a farm: owned by a tenant who does not reside there …1898 Eng. dial.
• OFF HIS CABASE
adj. mistaken (cabase = head) …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• OFF HIS KADOOVA
adj. off his head, insane …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• OFF HIS OWN BAT
phr. solely by his one exertions, by himself …1845
• OFF HIS SAUCER
adj. tired, not in the humour, out of sorts …Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• OFF-HORSE
n. an odd or eccentric person …1879 Amer. dial.
• OFF-HORSEISH
adj. obstinate; odd, eccentric …1967 Amer. dial.
• OFFICE
n. 1. the function or action of discharging excrement, etc.; excretion …c1386 obs.
n. 2. the place where one works or spends a great deal of time; any man’s ordinary haunt, as a tavern, ale-house, gaming-house, etc….a1700 sl. obs.
n. 3. a toilet, a privy …1727 sl.
n. 4. information (with no inference of secrecy) …1803 sl.
n. 5. a hint, a tip, a private intimation …1803 sporting sl.
n. 6. a warning; a private signal …1818 UK sl.
n. 7. a post office …1858 Amer. dial.
n. 8. n. a cockpit or bombardier’s compartment …1917 aviators’ usage
n. 9. any secret signal used by gambling cheats to communicate among themselves …1950 US sl.
vb. to notify; to signal; to warn, to tip-off, to indicate …1812 sl.
• OFFICE BIKE
n. a woman readily has sexual intercourse with fellow staff in an office …1945 Aust. sl., offensive and derogatory
• THE OFFICE COPY
n. a second or return drink …1946 naval sl.
• OFFICE-DROPPING
n. eavesdropping …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OFFICE HOURS
n. 1. a time devoted to reprimand or evaluation of subordinates; a disciplinary session …1898 US military sl.
n. 2. in poker: pairs of 9s ad 5s, or a straight from 9 to 5 …1963 US sl.
• OFFICE-HOUSE
n. a ‘house of office’; a privy …c1450 obs.
• OFFICE-HOUSES
n. apartments or outhouses for the work of domestics …1720
• THE OFFICE LARK
n. stealing from offices …20C criminals’ sl.
• OFFICE-MAN
n. 1. an officer; an official …a1578 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a headquarters detective …1901 US sl.
• OFFICERETTE
n. a policewoman …20C US sl.
• OFFICE PIANO
n. a typewriter …1945 US sl.
• OFFICER
n. a jailer; an executioner …a1600 obs.
• OFFICER MATERIAL
n. an enlisted man short in mentality …1945 US military jocular usage
• OFFICER’S COUNTRY
n. officer’s quarters …1945 US Navy usage
• OFFICERS OF THE 52NDs
n. young men who attend church regularly every Sunday …L19 Irish
• OFFICER-TOED
adj. with one’s toes turned out …20C Ulster sl.
• OFFICES
n. the parts of a house, or buildings attached to a house, specially devoted to household work or service; the kitchen and rooms connected with it, as pantry, scullery, laundry, and the like; also, often including stables and other outhouses, the barns and cowhouses of a farm, etc. …a1548
• OFFICE SNEAK
n. one who enters and steals from an office or business, as coats, umbrellas, etc. …20C sl.
• OFFICE WORKER
n. a shirker …1992 UK rhyming sl.
• OFFICIAL
adj. 1. performing some office or service; subservient to something else or to some purpose …1533 obs.
adj. 2. relating to duty …1588 obs.
• OFFICIALESE
n. the language characteristic of officials or of official documents …1884 nonce word
• OFFICIALIZE
vb. to do official work …1850 rare
• OFFICIALRY
n. an official post …1716 obs.
• OFFICIAR
n. an officer; an official …1681 Sc. obs.
• OFFICIARIAN
n. one who makes duty the principle of ethics …1865 rare
• OFFICIARY
adj. belonging to or holding office; official …1755 rare
n. an officer or official …1611 rare
• OFFICINA
n. a workshop; place of production …1835
• OFFICINAL
adj. pert. to a shop …1751 rare
• OFFICINE
n. a workshop; a laboratory; an office in a monastery …c1425 obs.
• OFFICING
n. a preconcerted signal …1859 US sl.
• OFFICIOSITY
n. the quality of being officious; attentiveness, dutifulness …1565 obs. rare
• OFFICIOUS
adj. 1. 1565 – doing or ready to do kind offices; eager to serve or please; attentive, obliging, kind → obs.
adj. 2. 1588 – dutiful; active or zealous in doing one’s duty → obs.
adj. 3. 1610 – pert. to an office or business, official; hence, formal → obs.
• OFFICIOUS LIE
n. 1577 – a lie told as an act of kindness to do another good → obs.
• OFFICIOUSLY
adv. 1603 – dutifully, duteously → obs.
• OFFICIOUSNESS
n. 1598 – readiness in doing god offices, performing one’s duty, or discharging any function; eagerness to serve or please; dutifulness; diligence → obs.
• OFFICIPARD • OFFICIPERD
n. 1600 – the throwing away of one’s labour → obs.
• OFFIE
n. 1. 1841 – a privy, a dry closet → Sc.
n. 2. ..20C – in cricket: a ball bowled so as to change direction from leg to off when it pitches; off break → Aust. sl.
n. 3. ..20C – in cricket: a bowler who specializes in off-break deliveries → Aust. sl.
n. 4. 1950 – an off-license; orig. a counter in a public house over which alcohol could be sold for consumption off the premises → sl.
• OF-FILL
vb. 1205 – to fill completely → obs.
• OFFING
n. 1627 – the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore, beyond the anchoring ground → nautical usage
• OFFIS
n. 1790 – the eaves of a building → Eng. dial.
• OFFISH
adj. 1. 1825 _ aloof; unapproachable; standoffish; distant or unapproachable in manners; reserved, shy, unsocial → Amer.
adj. 2. 1905 – unwell, out of health, somewhat ill, indisposed → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• OFFISHLY
adv. 1861 – in a reserved or aloof manner → Amer. dial.
• OFFISHNESS
n. 1. .M19 – reserve, coolness, aloofness → sl.
n. 2. 1942 – eccentricity → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• OFF IT
adj. 1. .M19 – insane, out of one’s mind → sl.
adj. 2. 1905 – mistaken → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 3. 1950 – difficult, obstreperous, strange → sl., orig. US
adj. 4. 1960 – drunk → sl.
adj. 5. 1960 – intoxicated by a drug → drug culture sl.
vb. 1930 – to die → sl.
• OFFIVOROUS
adj. 1713 – offal-eating
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