ajar.
Slightly turned or opened.
Meaning & usage
Slightly turned or opened.
The door was standing ajar.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Scots char, chare (“to turn, cause to turn”), Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.
Slightly turned or opened.
The door is ajar.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Scots char, chare (“to turn, cause to turn”), Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.
To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Scots char, chare (“to turn, cause to turn”), Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.
Out of harmony.
Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
Where this word comes from
From a- (“in, at”) + jar (“discord, disagreement”).
To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
Where this word comes from
From a- (“in, at”) + jar (“discord, disagreement”).
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