Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is odd.
- noun The state or quality of being odd; strangeness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being odd; singularity; strangeness; whimsicality.
- noun A peculiarity; a singularity; an odd way.
- noun A singular person or thing; one characterized by oddness.
- noun Synonyms See
eccentric .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity.
- noun That which is odd.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
odd orstrange thing. - noun A
strange person; anoddball . - noun
strangeness
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
- noun a strange attitude or habit
- noun eccentricity that is not easily explained
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Examples
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Joan said to herself it was plain where the boy got his oddity; but what she called oddity was but sense from a deeper source than she knew the existence of.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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Another oddity is that many people have opined on the hottest Trek women, and yet none have mentioned the DS9 mirror episodes …
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March 30th, 2010 at 6: 33 pm rapier #45: One oddity is that the Constitutional fetish of the right, where every man is a Constitutional scholar, runs right over the mandated census without care or thought.
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One oddity is that the Constitutional fetish of the right, where every man is a Constitutional scholar, runs right over the mandated census without care or thought.
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Nick Whitfield's Skeletons (2010, Soda, 15), a significant prizewinner at this year's Edinburgh film festival, reminded me tonally of Peter Chelsom's strangely wonderful Funny Bones, although while Chelsom seemed to stumble upon his alchemical black comedy, Whitfield's uncanny oddity is designed (like Alice Creed) with off-kilter precision.
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up Mark Kermode 2010
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And the oddity is that Albermarle County is entirely in the 5th congressional district, represented by Tom Periello.
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The oddity is that Van der Sar somehow remains a largely unsung hero, as if we have grown so accustomed to him doing his job we are guilty sometimes of taking it for granted.
Edwin van der Sar at 40: Manchester United's iceman stays cool Daniel Taylor 2010
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So the oddity is not that anyone who criticize the influence of the “religious right” in Israel, but that anyone would think that Israel is an especially egregious actor in this regard.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jews, Liberalism, Nationalism–Some Interesting Historical Continuities 2010
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So Mitch focused on the candidates — senatorial, gubernatorial — who would hire him after he installed Paul as a one-term oddity who cruised in on the rancor vote.
The Gift of the 12th Congressional District of Michigan 2010
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This 1948 oddity is one of the most bizarre and inane movies ever conceived: a one-hour comedy with a cast consisting primarily of parakeets.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2008
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