oddsome

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adjective

Marked by oddness; strange

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Meanings

adjectiveoddsome (comparative more oddsome, superlative most oddsome)

comparative more oddsome · superlative most oddsome

  1. Marked by oddness; strange

    “'Tis an oddsome thing. They all be looking for you, and I, who wanted only to run off, stumble across you. Good fortune for me, as Lord Mandrake has promised a reward.”

    2016, Karen Cushman, Grayling's Song
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    When comes the ferry of the curious stare / From ports beyond horizons of the oddsome lobe, / The island hides its nature from the littoral glare / And lets the windblown dunes it's soul enrobe.

    2014, Gardiner M. Weir, A Life of Memories

Origin

From odd + -some.

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APA

oddsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oddsome

MLA

“oddsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oddsome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oddsome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oddsome.

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