Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

offcast

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: of-f-cast
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cast off; shed.

Transitive verb

verb

To remove from the cast of a production.

Transitive verb

noun

That which is rejected as useless.

Example Sentences

"The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told."
"[...] and Paramount was not inclined to offcast its stars, the story was dropped."
"White actresses were able to maintain a more multidimensional star persona than actresses of color, thanks in large part to their ability to off-cast themselves in challenging roles and control their off-screen image through publicity."

Etymology

From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: off
Root: ofcasten, ofcast

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

offcasts (present, singular) offcasting (participle, present) offcasted (common, error unknown tag) off-cast (alternative) offcasts (plural)

Questions

What does offcast mean?: To cast off; shed.
Where does offcast come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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