单词 | by odd |
释义 | > as lemmasby odd b. That exists or stands alone; single, sole, solitary, singular. by odd: separately, by itself, alone. all and odd: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. Phrases 5g. Obsolete (in later use regional).Cf. sense A. 8b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adjective] oneeOE onlepyOE onlyOE alonec1175 single1340 soleinc1381 solitaire1382 singularc1384 solec1400 oddc1480 alonelya1513 uncompanieda1547 a-high-lone1565 bird-alone1572 self-one1602 insociate1606 unmated1615 lonesome1647 solo1727 uncompanioned1809 unfellowed1887 Pat Malone1937 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adverb] singlya1300 alonely1307 singularlya1340 by oddc1480 solely1582 solitarilya1641 uniquely1831 tout seul1926 c1480 (a1400) St. Blaise 140 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 365 Say nocht of godis, bot of god, fore þat word afferis ay be ode. ?1510 T. More in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. f.vi As he [sc. God] in souerayne dignite is odd So will he in loue no partyng fellows haue. 1577 N. Breton Wks. Young Wyt 29 If aboue all griefes, a secret griefe there be, that restes in one odde man alone, that sure doth rest in me. 1851 T. Sternberg Dial. & Folk-lore Northants. (at cited word) It was a nice house, but it was so odd; there wasn't a place of worship within three mile. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Odd, single. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Odd,..single, lonely... ‘Odd kitlin, puppy, pig, chicken, stocking’ &c. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Odd, lonely. ‘An odd house’, ‘an odd place’. < as lemmas |
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