off-put (iou)

off-put verb & noun. LME.
[from OFF- + PUT verb1.]
A. verb trans. Infl. as PUT verb1; pres. pple & verbal noun -putting, pa. t. & pple usu. -put. Put off; disconcert; repel. Chiefly as off-putting verbal noun, OFF-PUTTING adjective. Chiefly north. LME.
b. noun. An act of putting something or someone off. Also, a person who puts a thing off, a procrastinator, a timewaster. M18.
off-putter noun L18.