skewjawed

English

Etymology

skew +‎ jawed

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskju.d͡ʒɑd/

Adjective

skewjawed (comparative more skewjawed, superlative most skewjawed)

1. Crooked, misaligned, or disorganized.
   • 1877, Mary Kyle Dallas, The Grinder Papers, page 130:

     Though, after all, it's kinder skewjawed. I'd like tu see the closet It's only shelves, hey?

   • 1952, Zoe Lund Schiller, A Candle for a Star, page 209:

     Thinking that something about those stories I used to carry around in my pocket when I was a kid, reading them to shreds, must have been a little skewjawed.

   • 2012, Peter Bowen, Specimen Song:

     The sudden cold skewjawed the strings. He tuned three times before the strings quit warping off.

   • 2016, Barbara Hurd, Listening to the Savage: River Notes and Half-heard Melodies, page 29:

     Their thicknesses vary wildly; splotches hover over skewjawed jabs.