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Definition of oddity in English:

oddity

nounPlural oddities ˈɒdɪtiˈɑdədi
  • 1A strange or peculiar person or thing.

    she was regarded as a bit of an oddity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • European astronomers have discovered a true space oddity: a quasar without a detectable home galaxy.
    • The people searching for pictures of human oddities are just sick, I tell you.
    • Then we have the historical oddities: the very old, the very weird, the very unlikely.
    • Monumental success meant the desire to turn Powers and his gang of cinematic oddities into that aforementioned franchise.
    • The book is filled with astonishing performances, with strange and delightful oddities.
    • The small oddities encountered en route were also interesting enough for the camera and the cameraman.
    • Of course that doesn't compensate for oddities in the original recordings.
    • Throughout the last three years of my education, I have come to realise just how many oddities Biology students share.
    • Getting close enables you to begin to understand these oddities of nature.
    • He had his oddities and eccentricities, but murder wasn't one of them.
    • All field huts are very welcome oddities in this environment.
    • But the stark, dystopian science-fiction tale has become a cult oddity if not a classic.
    • Occasional harmonic oddities are scattered throughout the arrangements.
    • That doesn't mean the oddities are any easier to swallow but eventually you'll get it down once you're a little used to it.
    • Lauder warns against stereotyping racists as uneducated oddities.
    • I hope no one is too disappointed there are no actual photos of human oddities.
    • The book reveals its oddities and back-story in tiny sips, interspersed masterfully through the fast-paced action.
    • Written with charm and humour, this is a touching, absorbing oddity of a book about love, grief, avarice and generosity.
    • For the longest time, most of the searches finding this blog were for the terms human oddities or human mishaps.
    • Margret stared in wonder, her town had nothing like the strange creatures and oddities for sale that were here.
    Synonyms
    eccentric, crank, misfit, fish out of water, square peg in a round hole, round peg in a square hole, maverick, nonconformist, original, rare bird
    Latin rara avis
    informal character, odd/queer fish, oddball, weirdo, weirdie, crackpot, nut, nutter, freak
    British informal odd bod, oner
    North American informal screwball, kook, nutso, wacko, wack
    US informal wackadoo, wackadoodle
    informal, dated case
    peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, quirk, irregularity, twist, kink, crotchet, mannerism
    1. 1.1mass noun The quality of being strange or peculiar.
      realizing the oddity of the remark, he retracted it
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The oddity of this elaborate metaphor involving verse and human feet should not go unnoticed.
      • The oddity of these locutions indicates how far from the mark are the analyses of ‘know’ from which they derive.
      • The highlanders, with their visible poverty and audible oddity of speech, met with a mixed reception and often sent home unfavourable reports.
      • The sheer oddity of this fabulous little book may explain why Boyd's writing is not more widely celebrated in Australia, and why it ought to be.
      • As they went out of the room, Lyenda voiced out one oddity of the palace.
      • The oddity of Saintsbury's view may be easily seen in particular instances.
      • One oddity of this 1971 show is that Jesus is not the ‘star’ of his own show.
      • Some commentators have noted an oddity in Durkheim's writings.
      • One oddity of the place is that they don't do much in the way of fish and chips.
      • One oddity of the generic preference polls is how volatile they are.
      • I can imagine that this play would have been the hardest to direct due to the sheer oddity of it all.
      • The oddity of the practice is enhanced when I'm home alone.
      • Callum nodded, he had noticed this oddity, but blamed it on a mistake.
      • One oddity of the new system is the windfall it will bring unionized employers.
      • Thomas Pryor noted this oddity after observing one of the panel discussions in Hollywood.
      • What Lenkiewicz brings to the party is an eye for the ramshackle oddity of family life.
      • The oddity of my catapulting into music made the subsequent speed of acquiring musical knowledge just as strange.
      • As she walked through the corridors, she noticed another oddity about the sub.
      • The oddity of what he wore and what he was doing suited him.
      • McBurney captures precisely the lonely oddity of individual lives that characterises Murakami's work.
      Synonyms
      strangeness, peculiarity, oddness, curiousness, weirdness, bizarreness, abnormality, unusualness, eccentricity, queerness, freakishness, unnaturalness, incongruity, incongruousness, outlandishness, extraordinariness, unconventionality, singularity, individuality, anomalousness
      informal wackiness, kookiness

Rhymes

commodity
 
 

Definition of oddity in US English:

oddity

nounˈädədēˈɑdədi
  • 1A strange or peculiar person, thing, or trait.

    she was regarded as a bit of an oddity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Occasional harmonic oddities are scattered throughout the arrangements.
    • European astronomers have discovered a true space oddity: a quasar without a detectable home galaxy.
    • The people searching for pictures of human oddities are just sick, I tell you.
    • The book is filled with astonishing performances, with strange and delightful oddities.
    • Monumental success meant the desire to turn Powers and his gang of cinematic oddities into that aforementioned franchise.
    • Of course that doesn't compensate for oddities in the original recordings.
    • Lauder warns against stereotyping racists as uneducated oddities.
    • Throughout the last three years of my education, I have come to realise just how many oddities Biology students share.
    • Written with charm and humour, this is a touching, absorbing oddity of a book about love, grief, avarice and generosity.
    • Margret stared in wonder, her town had nothing like the strange creatures and oddities for sale that were here.
    • Getting close enables you to begin to understand these oddities of nature.
    • I hope no one is too disappointed there are no actual photos of human oddities.
    • That doesn't mean the oddities are any easier to swallow but eventually you'll get it down once you're a little used to it.
    • The small oddities encountered en route were also interesting enough for the camera and the cameraman.
    • But the stark, dystopian science-fiction tale has become a cult oddity if not a classic.
    • Then we have the historical oddities: the very old, the very weird, the very unlikely.
    • For the longest time, most of the searches finding this blog were for the terms human oddities or human mishaps.
    • The book reveals its oddities and back-story in tiny sips, interspersed masterfully through the fast-paced action.
    • All field huts are very welcome oddities in this environment.
    • He had his oddities and eccentricities, but murder wasn't one of them.
    Synonyms
    eccentric, crank, misfit, fish out of water, square peg in a round hole, round peg in a square hole, maverick, nonconformist, original, rare bird
    peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, quirk, irregularity, twist, kink, crotchet, mannerism
    1. 1.1 The quality of being strange or peculiar.
      realizing the oddity of the remark, he retracted it
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The oddity of Saintsbury's view may be easily seen in particular instances.
      • As they went out of the room, Lyenda voiced out one oddity of the palace.
      • The oddity of these locutions indicates how far from the mark are the analyses of ‘know’ from which they derive.
      • One oddity of the new system is the windfall it will bring unionized employers.
      • McBurney captures precisely the lonely oddity of individual lives that characterises Murakami's work.
      • One oddity of the place is that they don't do much in the way of fish and chips.
      • As she walked through the corridors, she noticed another oddity about the sub.
      • The sheer oddity of this fabulous little book may explain why Boyd's writing is not more widely celebrated in Australia, and why it ought to be.
      • The oddity of my catapulting into music made the subsequent speed of acquiring musical knowledge just as strange.
      • One oddity of this 1971 show is that Jesus is not the ‘star’ of his own show.
      • Callum nodded, he had noticed this oddity, but blamed it on a mistake.
      • The oddity of what he wore and what he was doing suited him.
      • The oddity of this elaborate metaphor involving verse and human feet should not go unnoticed.
      • Thomas Pryor noted this oddity after observing one of the panel discussions in Hollywood.
      • One oddity of the generic preference polls is how volatile they are.
      • Some commentators have noted an oddity in Durkheim's writings.
      • The highlanders, with their visible poverty and audible oddity of speech, met with a mixed reception and often sent home unfavourable reports.
      • What Lenkiewicz brings to the party is an eye for the ramshackle oddity of family life.
      • I can imagine that this play would have been the hardest to direct due to the sheer oddity of it all.
      • The oddity of the practice is enhanced when I'm home alone.
      Synonyms
      strangeness, peculiarity, oddness, curiousness, weirdness, bizarreness, abnormality, unusualness, eccentricity, queerness, freakishness, unnaturalness, incongruity, incongruousness, outlandishness, extraordinariness, unconventionality, singularity, individuality, anomalousness
 
 
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