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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-821/
- Published: 2022-04-29T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-29T08:13:33.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

askew (adverb or adjective):

: out of line : at an angle

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/askew?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Askew was formed simply by attaching the prefix a- (meaning “in \[such\] a state or condition”) to skew. The latter comes from Anglo-French eschiver, meaning “to escape or avoid.”

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