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A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an oddment of ribbon / of wood
- 1926, Ronald Firbank, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli, Chapter 6, in The Complete Ronald Firbank, Norfolk, CT: J. Laughlin, p. 667, ‘Ps! ps!’ she purred, feeling amorously for her scissors beneath the sumptuous oddments of old church velvet and brocade that she loved to ruffle and ruck.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fragment, offcut, remainder, remnant, scrap
Antonyms: none provided
Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bits and bobs, bits and pieces, bric-a-brac, odds and ends, odds and sods, whatnot
Antonyms: none provided
An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, commerce
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Synonyms: remainder
Antonyms: none provided
A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: misfit, oddball, weirdo
Antonyms: none provided
A varied collection (of items).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1862, Edward Bradley (as Cuthbert Bede), “The Agreeable Monk” in The Curate of Cranston; with Other Prose and Verse, London: Saunders, Otley, p. 281, [...] there are two or three tables, where are newspapers, and some of the latest periodicals and reviews, and a miscellaneous oddment of the current sacred and profane literature, stacked for convenience of reference [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assortment
Antonyms: none provided
A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1877, Robert Roberts (ed.), The Apophthegmes of Erasmus Translated into English by Nicolas Udall, Boston, Lincolnshire: Robert Roberts, Appendix, p. 459, When they went to market, a basket of eggs was one of their most frequent charges, and in making their purchases at various shops the tradesman would often be asked “to take eggs for money” to a certain extent; especially when the sum to pay left an “oddment,” such as 4d. or 8d.
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Synonyms: remainder
Antonyms: none provided
Something strange or unusual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: oddity
Antonyms: none provided
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, 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
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: end, remainder, remnant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: piece of cloth, piece of material
Narrower terms: fag end
Etymology tree English odd Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English oddment From odd + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
остатък
(ostatǎk)
— something left over
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Māori:
mōmōhanga
— something left over
