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oddity - 4 dictionary results

odd⋅i⋅ty

[od-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties for 1, 3.
1. an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.
2. the quality of being odd; singularity, strangeness, or eccentricity.
3. an odd characteristic or trait; peculiarity.

Origin:
1705–15; odd + -ity


1. rarity, curiosity, wonder.
odd·i·ty   (ŏd'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. odd·i·ties
  1. One that is odd.
  2. The state or quality of being odd; strangeness.

Oddity

Odd"i*ty\, n.; pl. Oddities. 1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like.

That infinitude of oddities in him. --Sterne.

2. That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.
Language Translation for : oddity
Spanish: excéntrico,
German: seltsamer Kauz,
Japanese: 変りもの

oddity 
1713, "odd characteristic or trait," from odd (q.v.). Meaning "odd person" is first recorded 1748.
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