Oddship

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    oddity, often used as a form of address. humorous, rare

    "It appears, to be but yesterday that there stepped from this Chair one of the weightiest Oddships of modern times who now reposes under the shade of an equally gigantic umbrella."

Example

More examples

"It appears, to be but yesterday that there stepped from this Chair one of the weightiest Oddships of modern times who now reposes under the shade of an equally gigantic umbrella."

Etymology

From odd + -ship.

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