oddity (redirected from oddities)

odd·i·ty  (d-t)

n. pl. odd·i·ties

1. One that is odd.

2. The state or quality of being odd; strangeness.

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oddity

Noun

pl -ties

1. an odd person or thing

2. a peculiar characteristic

3. the quality of being or appearing unusual or strange

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	oddity - eccentricity that is not easily explained oddness eccentricity - strange and unconventional behavior
	2.	oddity - a strange attitude or habit queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet strangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
	3.	oddity - something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" bric-a-brac, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot, knickknack - miscellaneous curios collectable, collectible - things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique) collector's item, piece de resistance, showpiece - the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection

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oddity

noun 1. misfit, eccentric, crank (informal) nut (slang) maverick, flake (slang), chiefly U.S. oddball (informal) loose cannon, nonconformist, odd man out, wacko (slang) screwball (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. card (informal) fish out of water, square peg (in a round hole) (informal) odd fish Brit. (informal) odd bird (informal) rara avis, weirdo or weirdie (informal)

noun 2. strangeness, abnormality, peculiarity, eccentricity, weirdness, singularity, incongruity, oddness, unconventionality, queerness, unnaturalness, bizarreness, freakishness, extraordinariness, outlandishness

noun 3. irregularity, phenomenon, anomaly, freak, abnormality, rarity, quirk, eccentricity, kink, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, singularity, unorthodoxy, unconventionality

Translations

oddity [ˈɔdɪtɪ] n → rareza;

(person) → excéntrico/a

oddity [ˈɔdɪtɪ] n → bizarrerie f (= person); excentrique m/f

oddity [ˈɔdɪtɪ] odd n (person) → Sonderling m;

(thing) → Merkwürdigkeit f

oddity [ˈɔdɪtɪ] n → bizzarria;

(person) → originale m/f