Off-minded
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Absent-minded; distracted; being of less than sound mind; mentally despondent; touched.
"So, on a certain occasion, old Doacon Jones "drapped" in his "quarter" without uttering the conventional pleading grunt, which remiss was noted by the preacher — the Deacon being a little off-minded, as his wife, had recently died, [...]"
- 2 Mentally unstable or insane; crazy.
"Anyway, my little tootsie-bug, you are very right about how offminded that crazy man is."
Example
More examples"So, on a certain occasion, old Doacon Jones "drapped" in his "quarter" without uttering the conventional pleading grunt, which remiss was noted by the preacher — the Deacon being a little off-minded, as his wife, had recently died, [...]"
Etymology
From off- + minded.
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