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单词 oddish
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oddishadj.

Brit. /ˈɒdɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɑdɪʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: odd adj., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < odd adj. + -ish suffix1.
Somewhat odd or peculiar.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > odd
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1705 N. Rowe Biter ii. i. 21 Such a scurvy, abominable..oddish..kind of a Husband.
1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling Introd. p. vi Some time ago, a grave, oddish kind of man, lived at board in a farmer's house in this parish.
1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 212 Some oddish coincidences occurred in the theatre.
1854 Fraser's Mag. 49 292 He's odd-ish, and quite unlike other people.
a1891 J. R. Lowell Uncoll. Poems (1950) 81 This strikes you as an oddish way of winding up a distich?
1945 Speculum 20 174 Brigitarum ‘of Brigits’ would surely be oddish Latin.
1988 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Apr. It is an oddish sensation to hear on television something you know about first hand.
2002 Prague Post (Nexis) 9 Jan. These works, on display in the oddish venue of the State Office for Nuclear Safety's lobby.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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