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Odd
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- 1 Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected. not-comparable, usually
"She slept in, which was very odd."
- 2 Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.; Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre. not-comparable, usually
"[One of them would] say, 'Hi, Mother.' This might be Chrissie with the purple hair and black lipstick, or Adam, who usually wore odd leather stuff. Sometimes 'Hi' was all I heard; other times they'd stay and talk for a minute."
- 3 Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched. not-comparable, usually
"Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks."
- 4 Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped. not-comparable, usually
"I'm the odd one out."
- 5 Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc. not-comparable, usually
""Here, I have some odd change that should make things easier." As Tish turned and reached for the cigarettes, Eric took some loose coins from his pocket and placed the change from the twenty into his other pocket."
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- 6 Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern. not-comparable, usually
"I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it."
- 7 Not regular or planned. not-comparable, usually
"He's only worked odd jobs."
- 8 Used or employed for odd jobs. not-comparable, usually
"The odd horse will now be employed in carting couch grass on to pasture land, carting hay, &c, to sheep in the field, carting roots, straw, &c, for feeding cattle in the boxes or dairy cows in the stalls or yards, and in various odd jobs on the farm ..."
- 9 Numerically indivisible by two. not-comparable, usually
"The product of two odd numbers is also odd."
- 10 Numbered with an odd number. not-comparable, usually
"How do I print only the odd pages?"
- 11 About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number). in-compounds, not-comparable, usually
"There were thirty-odd people in the room."
- 12 Out of the way, secluded. not-comparable, usually
""Well, isn't it a bit unusual to run into an old friend in an odd corner of the world like this?" I asked."
- 13 On the left. not-comparable, usually
"He served from the odd court."
- 14 Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding. not-comparable, obsolete, usually
"He goes to Phrygia, and sees Scamander. "Happy are all," he says, "who are honoured by that odd clerk. Homer." In Macedonia, he finds hie mother."
- 1 not easily explained wordnet
- 2 not divisible by two wordnet
- 3 an indefinite quantity more than that specified wordnet
- 4 not used up wordnet
- 5 beyond or deviating from the usual or expected wordnet
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- 6 of the remaining member of a pair wordnet
- 1 A male given name.
- 2 Minced form of God.
"Odd's pittikins, Odd's blood, Odd's hounds, Odd's dickens, Od's fish, Od's heft"
- 1 Something left over, not forming part of a set. informal
"I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds."
- 2 Initialism of oppositional defiant disorder. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 3 An odd number. diminutive
"So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds."
- 4 Initialism of optical disc drive. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”). Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").
From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”). Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").
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