noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being odd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
oddness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being odd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
eccentricity that is not easily explained
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oddity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eccentricity
noun
Meaning 4
the parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: parity
History
Etymology
From Middle English oddenesse; equivalent to odd + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غَرَابَة (ḡarāba) — the state or quality of being odd
- Finnish: kummallisuus — the state or quality of being odd
- Hindi: अनोखापन (anokhāpan) — the state or quality of being odd
- Hindi: विचित्रता (vicitratā) — the state or quality of being odd
- Irish: aiteacht — the state or quality of being odd
- Italian: originalità — the state or quality of being odd
- Italian: bizzarria — the state or quality of being odd
- Italian: stranezza — the state or quality of being odd
- Italian: stramberia — the state or quality of being odd
- Italian: bislaccheria — the state or quality of being odd
- Latvian: dīvainums — the state or quality of being odd
- Latvian: dīvainība — the state or quality of being odd
- Latvian: dīvainība — the result or product of being odd