Meanings
plural oddnesses
- countableThe result or product of being odd.
Neither was he intimate with any of the other bigger boys, who were warned off by his oddnesses, for he was a very queer fellow; […]
1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days1 more example
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 […]
1714 August 14 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being odd.
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Origin
- Middle Englishoddenesse
- Englishoddness
From Middle English oddenesse; equivalent to odd + -ness.
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Arabic غَرَابَة
- غَرَابَة (ḡarāba)the state or quality of being odd
Finnish kummallisuus
- kummallisuusthe state or quality of being odd
Hindi अनोखापन, विचित्रता
- अनोखापन (anokhāpan)the state or quality of being odd
- विचित्रता (vicitratā)the state or quality of being odd
Irish aiteacht
- aiteachtthe state or quality of being odd
Italian originalità, bizzarria
- originalitàthe state or quality of being odd
- bizzarriathe state or quality of being odd
- stranezzathe state or quality of being odd
- stramberiathe state or quality of being odd
- bislaccheriathe state or quality of being odd
Latvian dīvainums, dīvainība
- dīvainumsthe state or quality of being odd
- dīvainībathe state or quality of being odd
- dīvainībathe result or product of being odd
Cite this entry
oddness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oddness
“oddness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oddness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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