offscreen

adj

Etymology

From off + screen.

  1. derived from *skrankaz
  2. derived from *skrank
  3. derived from *scranc — “barrier
  4. derived from *(s)ker-
  5. derived from *skirmiz
  6. derived from *skirmi
  7. derived from skirm
  8. derived from scherm
  9. derived from escren
  10. derived from escren
  11. inherited from scren
  12. compounded as offscreen — “off + screen

Definitions

  1. Existing or happening outside the frame of the cinema or television screen

  2. Outside the frame of the cinema or television screen

  3. To kill a character offscreen.

    • Yeah, I also hate her. I hope she gets offscreened in the third act low-key.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for offscreen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA