oddness
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English oddenesse; equivalent to odd + -ness.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoddness (countable and uncountable, plural oddnesses)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being odd.
- (countable) The result or product of being odd.
- 1714 August 15 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, August 4, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 576; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
- This humour broke out at first in many little oddnesses: he had never any stated hours for his dinner, supper, or sleep; because, said he, we ought to attend the calls of nature, and not set our appetites to our meals […]
Synonyms
edit- (the state or quality of being odd): oddity, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness
Translations
editthe state or quality of being odd
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the result or product of being odd
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