ajar

Meanings

Adverb

• Slightly turned or opened.
• Out of harmony.
• Being at variance or in contradiction to something.

Adjective

• Slightly turned or opened.

Verb

• To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
• To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.

Origin

• From Middle English ajar, on char, from on + char, from Old English cierr ("turn"), from ċierran, equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Dutch akerre ("ajar"), German kehren ("to turn"). See char.
• a- + jar