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Definition of Off-color
1. Adjective. In violation of good taste even verging on the indecent. "An off-color joke"
2. Adjective. Humorously vulgar. "Ribald language"
Definition of Off-color
1. Adjective. (idiomatic) dirty, vulgar or obscene ¹
2. Adjective. (idiomatic) different than usual ¹
3. Adjective. (idiomatic) in poor health ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Off-color
Literary usage of Off-color
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Metallurgy of Lead by Henrich Oscar Hofman (1918)
"Galena alone can be smelted with coke, but furnace- troubles are likely to occur,
and off-color pigment may be formed. In smelting sintered blue fume alone ..."
2. The Winston Simplified Dictionary: Including All the Words in Common Use by William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer (1919)
"ad), not of a natural On-COl-Or or satisfactory color; as, the Jewel Is off-color;
colloquially, slightly improper or indecent; as, an off-color remark. nf ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Off Color. Out of sorts. a. 1870 "The Kernel seems a little off color today,"
said the barkeeper.—F. Bret Harte, ' A Ward of Col. Starbottle's.' Ofl oX. ..."
4. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"This system rates trees as most vigorous (class A: crown dense, full, of good
color, and pointed) to least vigorous (class D: crown thin, open, off-color, ..."
5. Electric Railway Transportation by Henry William Blake, Walter Jackson (1917)
"Another company (Sheboygan) in 1907 printed a number of strip tickets slightly
different in color from the regular supply, and these off-color strips were ..."
6. Electric Railway Transportation by Henry William Blake, Walter Jackson (1917)
"Another company (Sheboygan) in 1907 printed a number of strip tickets slightly
different in color from the regular supply, and these off-color strips were ..."
7. Electric Railway Transportation by Henry William Blake, Walter Jackson (1917)
"Another company (Sheboygan) in 1907 printed a number of strip tickets slightly
different in color from the regular supply, and these off-color strips were ..."
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