DECENTRE

Etymology

Verb

decentre (third-person singular simple present decentres, present participle decentring, simple past and past participle decentred)

To remove the centre from.

(optics) To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.

To displace from the centre.

Anagrams

• centered, decenter

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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