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View synonyms for oddity

oddity

[ od-i-tee ]

noun

, plural odd·i·ties
  1. an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.

    Synonyms: wonder, curiosity, rarity

  2. the quality of being odd; singularity, strangeness, or eccentricity.
  3. an odd characteristic or trait; peculiarity.


oddity

/ ˈɒdɪtɪ /

noun

  1. an odd person or thing
  2. an odd quality or characteristic
  3. the condition of being odd


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oddity1

First recorded in 1705–15; odd + -ity

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Example Sentences

The gentle, erudite soul within a body the public considered an oddity is the contrast at the heart of “The Elephant Man.”

Africa was supposedly a place to avoid or, at best, an oddity to pity.

To that end, they partnered with oddity website Atlas Obscura over the summer to host “The School of Transgressive Placemaking.”

First oddity: power, open restaurants, people not in panic mode.

Beaching of the oarfish is a very rare occurrence—the last time it happened was 2010—so two in one week is certainly an oddity.

Fashion—Do not be too submissive to the dictates of fashion; at the same time avoid oddity or eccentricity in your dress.

Above, in the lower lofts, every conceivable human oddity was assembled in a sort of mercantile crazy quilt.

It is to be feared that it was taken out to be read because of its special oddity, and not put back.

We should like to see a Biblical Commentary from his pen; it, would be immortal on account of its straightforwardnsss and oddity.

The immense oddity resides in the almost exclusively typographic order of the offence.

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