oddity

  • 11oddity — odd|i|ty [ adəti ] noun 1. ) count someone or something that seems strange or unusual: In those days a working mother was regarded as something of an oddity. 2. ) count or uncount a strange or unusual quality in someone or something: the oddity… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12oddity — noun 1 (C) a strange or unusual person or thing: He was something of an oddity in the neighborhood with his neat suits. 2 (C, U) a strange quality in someone or something: fashions that are remembered for their oddity …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13oddity — odd / oddball [adj1] unusual, abnormal atypical, avant garde, bizarre, character, crazy, curious, deviant, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, flaky*, freak*, freakish*, freaky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular,… …

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  • 14oddity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1713 1. an odd person, thing, event, or trait 2. the quality or state of being odd …

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  • 15oddity — /od i tee/, n., pl. oddities 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. [1705 15; ODD + ITY] Syn. 1.… …

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  • 16oddity — noun a) An odd or strange thing. b) A strange person; an oddball. Syn: oddball …

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  • 17oddity — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, absurdity, alien, anomalousness, anomaly, anticness, bizarreness, bizarrerie, card, case, character, conceit, conversation piece, crackpot, crackpotism, crank, crankiness, crankism, crotchet,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18oddity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curiosity, freak; singularity, strangeness, peculiarity; quaintness, eccentricity, oddness; crank, eccentric. See insanity, unconformity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. eccentricity, idiosyncrasy,… …

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  • 19oddity — odd·i·ty || É‘dɪtɪ / É’d n. odd thing; unique thing; unusual happening; anomaly …

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  • 20oddity — noun (plural oddities) 1》 the quality of being strange. 2》 a strange person or thing …

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