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Meaning of ODD

Pronunciation:  âd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  not easily explained; "it is odd that his name is never mentioned"
  2. [adj]  not divisible by two
  3. [adj]  (in combination) an indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests"
  4. [adj]  not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
  5. [adj]  beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
  6. [adj]  of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.
 
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 Synonyms: curious, funny, inexact, left over(p), left(p), leftover, mismatched, peculiar, queer, remaining, rum, rummy, singular, strange, unexhausted, unexpended, unmatched, unmated, unpaired, unusual
 
 Antonyms: even
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Odd\, a. [Compar. {Odder}; superl. {Oddest}.] [OE. odde,
fr.Icel. oddi a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number
(from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle),
orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel. oddr point, point of a
weapon, Sw. udda odd, udd point, Dan. od, AS. ord, OHG. ort,
G. ort place (cf. E. point, for change of meaning).]
1. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a
   pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd
   shoe; an odd glove.
2. Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of
   being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7,
   9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
         I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. --Shak.
3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or
   mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a
   specified number; extra.
         Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was
         made, it was destroyed in a deluge.   --T. Burnet.
         There are yet missing of your company Some few odd
         lads that you remember not.           --Shak.
4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence,
   occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd
   trifles.
5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular;
   peculiar; unique; strange. ``An odd action.'' --Shak. ``An
   odd expression.'' --Thackeray.
         The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in
         my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius.    --Ascham.
         Patients have sometimes coveted odd things.
                                               --Arbuthnot.
         Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to
         make himself master of, who would get a reputation
         by critical writings.                 --Spectator.
Syn: Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary;
     strange; queer; eccentric, whimsical; fantastical;
     droll; comical. See {Quaint}.
 
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