oddmentn.

Brit.

/ˈɒdm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈɑdm(ə)nt/

Forms: see odd adj. and -ment suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: odd adj., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < odd adj. + -ment suffix.

1. An odd article or piece; a remnant. Usually in plural: odds and ends, miscellaneous items; esp. (in retailing) articles from broken or incomplete sets offered for sale at a reduced price. Also in extended use.

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society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > parts other than text

oddment1780

oddment1898

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > miscellaneous things

short end1560

threads and thrums1600

varieties1624

giblet1638

thrum1648

scrip-scrap1711

sundries1711

odds and ends1761

oddment1821

odd-come-short1836

what-nota1861

flotsam1861

odds and sods1921

odds and bobs1957

1780 S. Crisp Let. 27 July in W. H. Hutton Burford Papers (1905) Be sure you make haste and finish all your trumpery odments and accounts.

1796 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) III. 172 I have still so many Book oddments, of accounts..to arrange.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 85 I'm your age treble, with some oddments to 't.

1836 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 22 Everybody made up a parcel of clothes or some little oddments.

1873 M. E. Braddon Strangers & Pilgrims i. vi. 64 Massed into one lot of oddments at an auction.

1883 Sat. Rev. 13 Oct. 467/1 Made up of plasters and match-boxes and medicine-bottles and heaven knows what other oddments.

1912 J. Stephens Charwoman's Daughter vii. 42 Here and there clothing and oddments.

1969 M. Harris Kind of Magic (1974) 18 After eight o'clock you could buy ‘bits’: oddments of meat and bones.

1989 M. Stewart Martha Stewart's Christmas vii. 98 I've been collecting old glass balls and ornaments—every time I go to a tag sale, I check all the boxes of oddments.

1993 J. Cartwright Masai Dreaming (BNC) I..rummage around in the jumble of our years together for some of the intensity of feeling I had for her. I would like to be able to find at least an oddment of eroticism.

2. Printing and Publishing. Usually in plural. The parts of a book other than the main text, as the title page, preface, etc. Also: a printed sheet or section of a book with fewer pages than a normal signature, usually containing matter of this sort.

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society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > parts other than text

oddment1780

oddment1898

1898 J. Southward Mod. Printing I. xxxvii. 221 (heading) Parts of a book.—Oddments and text.

1915 J. Southward Mod. Printing (ed. 3) I. xxxvii. 213 The oddments are placed in the book in the order indicated; the text coming in either after or before the errata.

1989 Dict. Printing & Publishing Oddment, section of pages shorter than the normal signature..which has to be printed separately..because the book does not make an even working.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oddment
释义	oddmentn. Brit. /ˈɒdm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɑdm(ə)nt/ Forms: see odd adj. and -ment suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: odd adj., -ment suffix. Etymology: < odd adj. + -ment suffix. 1. An odd article or piece; a remnant. Usually in plural: odds and ends, miscellaneous items; esp. (in retailing) articles from broken or incomplete sets offered for sale at a reduced price. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > parts other than text oddment1780 oddment1898 the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > miscellaneous things short end1560 threads and thrums1600 varieties1624 giblet1638 thrum1648 scrip-scrap1711 sundries1711 odds and ends1761 oddment1821 odd-come-short1836 what-nota1861 flotsam1861 odds and sods1921 odds and bobs1957 1780 S. Crisp Let. 27 July in W. H. Hutton Burford Papers (1905) Be sure you make haste and finish all your trumpery odments and accounts. 1796 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) III. 172 I have still so many Book oddments, of accounts..to arrange. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 85 I'm your age treble, with some oddments to 't. 1836 J. C. Maitland Lett. from Madras (1843) 22 Everybody made up a parcel of clothes or some little oddments. 1873 M. E. Braddon Strangers & Pilgrims i. vi. 64 Massed into one lot of oddments at an auction. 1883 Sat. Rev. 13 Oct. 467/1 Made up of plasters and match-boxes and medicine-bottles and heaven knows what other oddments. 1912 J. Stephens Charwoman's Daughter vii. 42 Here and there clothing and oddments. 1969 M. Harris Kind of Magic (1974) 18 After eight o'clock you could buy ‘bits’: oddments of meat and bones. 1989 M. Stewart Martha Stewart's Christmas vii. 98 I've been collecting old glass balls and ornaments—every time I go to a tag sale, I check all the boxes of oddments. 1993 J. Cartwright Masai Dreaming (BNC) I..rummage around in the jumble of our years together for some of the intensity of feeling I had for her. I would like to be able to find at least an oddment of eroticism. 2. Printing and Publishing. Usually in plural. The parts of a book other than the main text, as the title page, preface, etc. Also: a printed sheet or section of a book with fewer pages than a normal signature, usually containing matter of this sort. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > parts other than text oddment1780 oddment1898 1898 J. Southward Mod. Printing I. xxxvii. 221 (heading) Parts of a book.—Oddments and text. 1915 J. Southward Mod. Printing (ed. 3) I. xxxvii. 213 The oddments are placed in the book in the order indicated; the text coming in either after or before the errata. 1989 Dict. Printing & Publishing Oddment, section of pages shorter than the normal signature..which has to be printed separately..because the book does not make an even working. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1780
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