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noun
An odd or strange thing or opinion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: irregularity, outlier, aberrant, abnormality, anomaly, deviance, deviant, farlie, freak, odd fish, oddity, peculiarity, queerness, rarity, rum, strange fish, strangeness, unusualness, weirdness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A strange person; an oddball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: kook, oddball, odd duck, weirdo, bizarro, coot, crackpot, crank, eccentric, freak, glaik, hard case, live one, nutbag, nutbar, nutcase, nutter, oddity, odd bod, odd fish, queerdo, queer fish, rum, strange bird, strange fish, strangeling, wack, wacko, weirdie, weirdling, wild man, wingnut
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Strangeness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: oddness, rumness, weirdness, abnormalcy, abnormalism, abnormality, abnormity, anomalousness, atypicality, crotchet, deviancy, eccentricity, enormity, extraordinariness, freakishness, irregularity, nonnormality, oddity, peculiarness, queerhood, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, strangeness, unusuality, unusualness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: object, physical object
Narrower terms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot, collectible, collectable, collector's item, showpiece, piece de resistance
noun
a strange attitude or habit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unfamiliarity, strangeness
noun
eccentricity that is not easily explained
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: oddness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eccentricity
History
Etymology tree English odd Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English oddity From odd + -ity.
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
