off-again on-againadj.

Brit.

/ˈɒfəɡɛn ˈɒnəɡɛn/, U.S.

/ˈɔfəˌɡɛn ˈɑnəˌɡɛn/,

/ˈɑfəˌɡɛn ˈɑnəˌɡɛn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: off adv., again adv., on adv.

Etymology: < off adv. + again adv. + on adv. + again adv.Heavily influenced by the phrase off again, on again, gone again, Finnegan (and variants), popularized in various songs and poems of the early 20th cent., usually in reference to a train derailment in which the train is put back on the rails and continues its journey.

Chiefly U.S.

Designating a person or thing (esp. a condition or process) characterized by vacillation or alternating periods of action and inaction; = on-again off-again adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]

twiredec888

orrathc1175

twofoldc1175

twifoldc1200

waveringc1315

uncertain1382

suspensec1440

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flowing?1504

floghtering1521

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unstaid1561

unresolute1570

unresolved?1571

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off and on1583

halting1585

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waving1611

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variousa1643

branling1645

hesitant1647

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humdrum1660

shuttlecock1660

yea-and-nay1672

swaying1688

interpendent1708

undetermined1718

Squadronec1720

hesitatorya1734

volanta1734

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dilly-dally1749

niffy-naffy1765

wiggle-waggle1778

undecided1779

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indecisive1787

conflicted1789

hesitative1795

undeciding1802

vacillating1814

yea-nay1827

demurrant1836

willy-nilly1839

shilly-shallying1842

oscillative1852

Hamletish1854

vacillatory1854

dilly-dallying1879

thistledown1897

weak-principled1913

not-quite1920

off-again on-again1923

dithery1931

havering1975

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > intermittent or irregular

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scratchy1881

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off-again on-again1923

on-again off-again1946

on-off1949

1906 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. 3/3 You were like Finnegan, off again, on again, gone again.

1909 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. 11/1 The trouble with the piece is that it is off again, on again, with..startling rapidity and suddenness.]

1923 J. Meskill (title of song) Off again on again blues.

1941 H. T. Kane Louisiana Hayride xiii. 321 His off-again on-again departure from the state mansion.

1950 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Feb. 7/4 Helmstedt, Germany, checkpoint for the Russians' off-again, on-again ‘slowdown’ of Berlin-bound highway traffic.

1970 J. K. Hadden et al. in S. Fisher Power & Black Community xxiii. 353 He hit hard at Stokes's record as an off again-on again Democrat.

1997 Village Voice (N.Y.) 15 July 77/1 This year's off-again, on-again Biennale.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	off-again on-again
释义	off-again on-againadj. Brit. /ˈɒfəɡɛn ˈɒnəɡɛn/, U.S. /ˈɔfəˌɡɛn ˈɑnəˌɡɛn/, /ˈɑfəˌɡɛn ˈɑnəˌɡɛn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: off adv., again adv., on adv. Etymology: < off adv. + again adv. + on adv. + again adv.Heavily influenced by the phrase off again, on again, gone again, Finnegan (and variants), popularized in various songs and poems of the early 20th cent., usually in reference to a train derailment in which the train is put back on the rails and continues its journey. Chiefly U.S. Designating a person or thing (esp. a condition or process) characterized by vacillation or alternating periods of action and inaction; = on-again off-again adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > intermittent or irregular chopping1483 wavering1488 interpolate1547 suspensive1575 off and on1583 remitting1583 intermissive1586 fluttering1590 aguisha1602 intermittent1603 irregular1608 broken1629 intermitting1643 serratile1707 serrine1707 scattering1709 serratic1753 now-and-then1762 remittent1791 fitful1810 non-periodic1836 spasmodic1837 startful1837 interlusory1853 heterochronic1854 heterochronous1854 between-whiles1859 snatchy1861 sporadic1861 spasmodical1864 catchy1869 pauseful1877 aperiodic1879 scratchy1881 nervy1884 spurty1894 off-again on-again1923 on-again off-again1946 on-off1949 1906 N.Y. Times 27 Sept. 3/3 You were like Finnegan, off again, on again, gone again. 1909 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. 11/1 The trouble with the piece is that it is off again, on again, with..startling rapidity and suddenness.] 1923 J. Meskill (title of song) Off again on again blues. 1941 H. T. Kane Louisiana Hayride xiii. 321 His off-again on-again departure from the state mansion. 1950 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Feb. 7/4 Helmstedt, Germany, checkpoint for the Russians' off-again, on-again ‘slowdown’ of Berlin-bound highway traffic. 1970 J. K. Hadden et al. in S. Fisher Power & Black Community xxiii. 353 He hit hard at Stokes's record as an off again-on again Democrat. 1997 Village Voice (N.Y.) 15 July 77/1 This year's off-again, on-again Biennale. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1923
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