off-minded

adj — 2 senses

off-minded

adj

Etymology From off- + minded.

1

Absent-minded; distracted; being of less than sound mind; mentally despondent; touched.

  • So, on a certain occasion, old Doacon Jones "drapped" in his "quarter" without uttering the conventional pleading grunt, which remiss was noted by the preacher — the Deacon being a little off-minded, as his wife, had recently died, [...]1892, Southern practitioner:
2

Mentally unstable or insane; crazy.

  • Anyway, my little tootsie-bug, you are very right about how offminded that crazy man is.2011, Michael A. Heck, Angel Above Water:

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