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Definitions for Oddness

[1] differing in nature from what is ordinary, usual, or expected: an odd choice.
[2] singular or peculiar in a strange or eccentric way: an odd person; odd manners.
[3] fantastic; bizarre: Her taste in clothing was rather odd.
[4] leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, as a number (opposed to even): Numbers like 3, 15, and 181 are odd numbers.
[5] more or less, especially a little more (used in combination with a round number): I owe three hundred-odd dollars.
[6] being a small amount in addition to what is counted or specified: I have five gross and a few odd dozens.
[7] being part of a pair, set, or series of which the rest is lacking: an odd glove.
[8] remaining after all others are paired, grouped, or divided into equal numbers or parts: Everybody gets two hamburgers and I get the odd one.
[9] left over after all others are used, consumed, etc.
[10] (of a pair) not matching: Do you know you're wearing an odd pair of socks?
[11] not forming part of any particular group, set, or class: to pick up odd bits of information.
[12] not regular, usual, or full-time; occasional; casual: odd jobs.
[13] out-of-the-way; secluded: a tour to the odd parts of the Far East.
[14] Mathematics . (of a function) having a sign that changes when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time.
[15] something that is odd.
[16] Golf . a stroke more than the opponent has played. British . a stroke taken from a player's total score for a hole in order to give him or her odds.
[17] unusual or peculiar in appearance, character, etc
[18] occasional, incidental, or random odd jobs
[19] leftover or additional odd bits of wool
[20] not divisible by two represented or indicated by a number that is not divisible by two graphs are on odd pages Compare even 1 (def. 7)
[21] being part of a matched pair or set when the other or others are missing an odd sock ; odd volumes
[22] (in combination) used to designate an indefinite quantity more than the quantity specified in round numbers fifty-odd pounds
[23] out-of-the-way or secluded odd corners
[24] maths (of a function) changing sign but not absolute value when the sign of the independent variable is changed, as in y=x³ See even 1 (def. 13)
[25] odd man out a person or thing excluded from others forming a group, unit, etc
[26] golf one stroke more than the score of one's opponent an advantage or handicap of one stroke added to or taken away from a player's score
[27] a thing or person that is odd in sequence or number

Words related to Oddness

oddeccentricity, trait, idiosyncrasy, quirk, phenomenon, characteristic, incongruity, rarity, peculiarity, curiosity, anomaly, irregularity, weirdness, foible, habit, pose, trick, pretension, affectation, singularity

Words nearby Oddness

oddod., oda, oda nobunaga, odah, odalisque, odd, odd couple, odd fellow, odd lot, odd man out, odd or even

Origin of Oddness

1300–50; Middle English odde < Old Norse oddi odd (number)

Words that may be confused with Oddness

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, oddad, add, odd

Other words from Oddness

odd·ly , adverb
odd·ness , noun

Word origin for Oddness

C14: odde: from Old Norse oddi point, angle, triangle, third or odd number. Compare Old Norse oddr point, spot, place; Old English ord point, beginning

Synonyms for Oddness

eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, quirk, trait, affectation, air, characteristic, foible, habit, pose, pretension, queerness, singularity, trick