Definitions

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  • adjective Somewhat odd.

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  • adjective Somewhat odd.

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  • adjective somewhat strange

Etymologies

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odd +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • And an oddish review of a new Johnny Cash biography, which contains this gem: It involves a Texas hobo who wore a ragged blue bandanna around his neck, like the ghost of Jimmie Rodgers.

    Sunday Hangovers 2006

  • And an oddish review of a new Johnny Cash biography, which contains this gem: It involves a Texas hobo who wore a ragged blue bandanna around his neck, like the ghost of Jimmie Rodgers.

    Sunday Hangovers 2006

  • And an oddish review of a new Johnny Cash biography, which contains this gem: It involves a Texas hobo who wore a ragged blue bandanna around his neck, like the ghost of Jimmie Rodgers.

    October 2006 2006

  • "There are a lot of oddish things in the library here."

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • ‘Yes, rather oddish,’ said the Lakeman, holding it at arm’s length before him; ‘but I think it will answer.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • In a sense, Domino's kisses were rather like Suzy's, which is to say, they were both eager and shy, adventurous and uncertain, yet there was a strength in them (or immediately behind them), a solidity that made him feel that this simple, oddish act of osculation, was somehow supported by and connected to each and every one of what Bobby Case's ol" Chinese boys called "The Ten Thousand Things.

    Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • In a sense, Domino's kisses were rather like Suzy's, which is to say, they were both eager and shy, adventurous and uncertain, yet there was a strength in them (or immediately behind them), a solidity that made him feel that this simple, oddish act of osculation, was somehow supported by and connected to each and every one of what Bobby Case's ol" Chinese boys called "The Ten Thousand Things.

    Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • He struck most of the friends he had made on Earth as an eccentric, but a harmless one -- an unruly boozer with some oddish habits.

    The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996

  • He struck most of the friends he had made on Earth as an eccentric, but a harmless one - an unruly boozer with some oddish habits.

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1979

  • Bless your honour's soul, he is a very oddish kind of a gentleman.

    The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Various 1910

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