askew

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 4, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>askew</strong> &#149; \uh-SKYOO\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Askew</em> means "out of line" or "not straight."</p> <p>// Sam noticed the picture hanging on the wall was <em>askew</em> so she straightened it.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/askew">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Papers were <em>askew</em>, someone had helped themselves to a snack in the kitchen and the suspect's prints were discovered in the fireplace. Worse yet, the culprit, a squirrel, was still in the house." — CBC News (Canada), 22 Aug. 2020</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Askew</em> was formed simply by attaching the prefix <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a-#h7">a-</a></em> (meaning "in [such] a state or condition") to <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skew">skew</a></em>. The latter comes from Anglo-French <em>eschiver</em>, meaning "to escape or avoid."</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>