offcast

English

Alternative forms

off-cast

Etymology

From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- +‎ cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”).

The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).

Verb

offcast (third-person singular simple present offcasts, present participle offcasting, simple past and past participle offcast)

(transitive) to cast off; shed.
(transitive, theater, television) to remove from the cast of a production.
- 1985, Tino Balio, The American film industry:
  The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told.
- 1997, Ann M. Sperber, Eric Lax, Bogart:
  [...] and Paramount was not inclined to offcast its stars, the story was dropped.
- 2015, Emily Carman, Independent Stardom:
  White actresses were able to maintain a more multidimensional star persona than actresses of color, thanks in large part to their ability to off-cast themselves in challenging roles and control their off-screen image through publicity.

Noun

offcast (plural offcasts)

That which is rejected as useless.

Anagrams

cast off, cast-off, castoff

单词	offcast
释义	offcast English Alternative forms off-cast Etymology From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- +‎ cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”). Verb offcast (third-person singular simple present offcasts, present participle offcasting, simple past and past participle offcast) (transitive) to cast off; shed. (transitive, theater, television) to remove from the cast of a production. 1985, Tino Balio, The American film industry: The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told. 1997, Ann M. Sperber, Eric Lax, Bogart: [...] and Paramount was not inclined to offcast its stars, the story was dropped. 2015, Emily Carman, Independent Stardom: White actresses were able to maintain a more multidimensional star persona than actresses of color, thanks in large part to their ability to off-cast themselves in challenging roles and control their off-screen image through publicity. Noun offcast (plural offcasts) That which is rejected as useless. Anagrams cast off, cast-off, castoff
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