See Also: misrule(1)(dictionary)
misrule(2)(dictionary)
misrule(dictionary)
Lord of Misrule, the(dictionary)
Misrule, Lord of(dictionary)

offing (oh) and misrule (oh)


offing (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: offing 'part of the deep sea that you can see from the shore' (17-20 centuries), from off]
be in the offing
to be likely to happen soon
::Big changes were in the offing.

misrule (oh)



formal bad government
::The country has suffered years of misrule by a weak and corrupt government.