Odd
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- Odd Odd ([o^]d), a. [Compar. {Odder} ([o^]d"[~e]r); 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.
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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.
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I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. --Shak.
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3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or
mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a
specified number; extra.
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Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was
made, it was destroyed in a deluge. --T. Burnet.
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There are yet missing of your company
Some few odd lads that you remember not. --Shak.
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4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence,
occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd
trifles.
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5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular;
peculiar; unique; strange. ``An odd action.'' --Shak. ``An
odd expression.'' --Thackeray.
Syn: extraordinary; queer.
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The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is,
in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. --Ascham.
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Patients have sometimes coveted odd things.
--Arbuthnot.
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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.
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Syn: Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary;
strange; queer; eccentric; whimsical; fantastical;
droll; comical. See {Quaint}.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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odd — (adj.) c.1300, constituting a unit in excess of an even number, from O.N. oddi third or additional number, as in odda maðr third man, odd man (who gives the casting vote), odda tala odd number. The literal meaning of O.N. oddi is point of land,… … Etymology dictionary
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