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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

offscape en · NOUN

Etymology

From off- + -scape.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) The distant part of a view, garden etc.; the background.
    • The Snowdonia rises with vast Dignity in the Offskip, while a blue Expanse of Ocean leads the Eye on our right hand to immeasurable Distance. 1794 September, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:

Forms

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offscapes Number=Plur lexicographic
offskip alternative, dated lexicographic