Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

off-book

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.31 in modern English

Syllables: of-f--book
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to perform scripted material from memory, without need to refer to the text.

adj

Off the books, not officially recorded.

Example Sentences

"An enormous amount of off-book money sloshes around Chinese business and officialdom, and some of it runs into handbags."

Etymology

From off- + book.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: off-

Questions

What does off-book mean?: Able to perform scripted material from memory, without need to refer to the text.
Where does off-book come from?: From off- + book.

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