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 [ˈɒdɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. an odd person or thing

2. an odd quality or characteristic

3. the condition of being odd

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) He's a bit of an oddity, but quite harmless.

2. anomaly, exception, curiosity, abnormality, rarity, departure, deviation His book remains something of an oddity.

3. strangeness, abnormality, peculiarity, eccentricity, weirdness, singularity, incongruity, oddness, unconventionality, queerness, unnaturalness, bizarreness, freakishness, extraordinariness, outlandishness I was struck by the oddity of this question.

4. irregularity, phenomenon, anomaly, freak, abnormality, rarity, quirk, eccentricity, kink, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, singularity, unorthodoxy, unconventionality the oddities of the Welsh legal system

Translations

oddity [ˈɒdɪtɪ] N

1. (= odd thing) → cosa f rara; (= odd trait) → manía f
he has his oddities → tiene sus manías
he's a real oddity → es un tipo realmente raro
one of the oddities of the situation → uno de los aspectos raros de la situación

2. (= strangeness) → rareza f

oddity [ˈɒdɪti] n

(= odd thing) → curiosité f
to be an oddity (= out of the ordinary) → être une curiosité

(= odd characteristic) → bizarrerie f
odd-job man [ˌɒdˈdʒɒbmæn] n → homme m à tout faire
odd jobs npl → travaux mpl divers
odd-looking [ˈɒdlʊkɪŋ] adj [person, thing] → curieux/euse
They were an odd-looking couple → Ils formaient un couple curieux.

oddity

n

(= strangeness) (of person) → Wunderlichkeit f, → Absonderlichkeit f, → Eigenartigkeit f; (= strangeness: of thing) → Ausgefallenheit f

(= odd person) → komischer Kauz or Vogel; (who doesn’t fit) → Kuriosität f; (= odd thing) → Kuriosität f

oddity [ˈɒdɪtɪ] n

a. (also oddness) → stranezza, bizzarria

b. (person) → originale m/f

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oddity [ˈɒdɪtɪ] n

a. (also oddness) → stranezza, bizzarria

b. (person) → originale m/f