kinky, far-out, offbeat, quirky, way-out
(adjective) (informal) strikingly unconventional
upbeat, offbeat
(noun) an unaccented beat (especially the last beat of a measure)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
offbeat (plural offbeats)
(music) The beats not normally accented in a measure.
(slang) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
Synonyms: oddball, free spirit, heteroclite, individualist, nonconformist, Thesaurus:maverick, Thesaurus:strange person
offbeat (comparative more offbeat, superlative most offbeat)
Unusual; unconventional; not ordinary.
• odd, peculiar, weird; see also strange
• beat off
Source: Wiktionary
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
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.
