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odd en · ADJ

Pronunciation

ŏd
(US) audio
[ɔ̟d] ~ [ɞ̠d] (New-Zealand)
/ɒd/ (New-Zealand)
/ɑd/ (General-American)
/ɒd/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
/ɔd/ (Australia, British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”). Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon”) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").

Meanings

(not-comparable, usually) Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
- She slept in, which was very odd.
- Did Mary (I thought it was odd that they always called her Mary even though her name was Mary Anne, and odder that Mom refused to correct them) have time for some questions? 2012, Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club, Knopf Doubleday, →ISBN:
- Jena Janovy is a strange bird—a college basketball player who is a) female and b) short (5 feet 3 inches) and, perhaps oddest of all, lets neither of those things dampen her rabid enthusiasm for the game. 1987 June 14, Karen Stabiner, “Putting her Heart through the Hoop”, in The New York Times, retrieved 29 Jul 2010:
- We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
(not-comparable, usually) Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected. ▸ Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
- [One of them would] say, 'Hi, Mother.' This might be Chrissie with the purple hair and black lipstick, or Adam, who usually wore odd leather stuff. Sometimes 'Hi' was all I heard; other times they'd stay and talk for a minute. 2003, Kenneth Rubin, Andrea Thompson, The Friendship Factor, Penguin, →ISBN:
(not-comparable, usually) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
- My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.
- Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.
- Itm , lxij almond rivetts. Almain rivetts, a sort of light armour having sleeves of mail, or iron plates, rivetted, with braces for the defence of the arms. Itm, one odd back for an almond rivett. 1822, John Gage, The History and Antiquities of Hengrave, in Suffolk, page 29
(not-comparable, usually) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
- I'm the odd one out.
(not-comparable, usually) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
- "Here, I have some odd change that should make things easier." As Tish turned and reached for the cigarettes, Eric took some loose coins from his pocket and placed the change from the twenty into his other pocket. 2009, Sam O'Connor, Tales of Old Las Vegas: Inside are a Few Stories Set in the 60's, where There was More to the Action Than the Games, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 187:
- Third was my college loan of five thousand dollars and some odd change. 2010, Chris Thomas, The Rockefeller Fraud, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 24:
(not-comparable, usually) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
- but for the odd exception
- I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it.
- There are odd bits of green here and there in patches, but no continuous stretches. The elk, swans and woodgrouse are no more. The old hamlets, farmsteads, hermitages and mills have vanished without trace. 1998, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ronald Hingley, Five Plays, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 148:
- As she ran on her numerous errands Jessamy found that if she did not stop to think, she knew all kinds of odd little things that the other Jessamy must have learned, such as where the nutmeg grater lived, and which was the potato peeling knife. 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 115:
(not-comparable, usually) Not regular or planned.
- He's only worked odd jobs.
(not-comparable, usually) Used or employed for odd jobs.
- There is also the “orra man who, like the odd horse, is kept busy on odd jobs. 1912, John Burleigh, Ednam and Its Indwellers:
- At about 14 he rises a step by getting the 'odd' horse and cart, and does all the small carting work about the farm. 1894, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1, page 57:
- The odd horse will now be employed in carting couch grass on to pasture land, carting hay, &c, to sheep in the field, carting roots, straw, &c, for feeding cattle in the boxes or dairy cows in the stalls or yards, and in various odd jobs on the farm ... 1879, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, page 262:
(not-comparable, usually) Numerically indivisible by two.
- In their original article, Messrs Christie and Schultz found that in 70 of the 100 most heavily traded stocks, Nasdaq dealers avoided quoting prices in odd eighths of a dollar. Buyers were far more likely to quote shares at 28 1/2 or 28 3/4 than at 28 5/8. 1998 January 15, “Collusion in the Stockmarket”, in The Economist:
- The product of two odd numbers is also odd.
(not-comparable, usually) Numbered with an odd number.
- How do I print only the odd pages?
(in-compounds, not-comparable, usually, with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
- There were thirty-odd people in the room.
(not-comparable, usually) Out of the way, secluded.
- Plant a clump in your postage stamp garden, or stuff them in an odd corner of a flower bed. (They prefer full sun but will tolerate filtered shade.) 2015, Karen Newcomb, The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden: Grow Tons of Organic Vegetables in Tiny Spaces and Containers, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN:
- "Well, isn't it a bit unusual to run into an old friend in an odd corner of the world like this?" I asked. 1958, Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 218:
(not-comparable, usually) On the left.
- He served from the odd court.
(not-comparable, obsolete, usually) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding.
- He goes to Phrygia, and sees Scamander. "Happy are all," he says, "who are honoured by that odd clerk. Homer." In Macedonia, he finds hie mother. 1886, Walter William Skeat, The Wars of Alexander: An Alliterative Romance Translated Chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de Preliis, page 120, in (modern English) notes about the Middle English text
- I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times. 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
odder	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
oddest	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Translations (229)

nl bij benadering (about) · eo stranga (strange) · nrf dêpathié (not having a mate) · ca senar (indivisible by two) · bg странен (strange) · da ulige (indivisible by two) · hu alkalmankénti (occasional; infrequent) · nl vreemd (strange) · is ójafn (indivisible by two) · gl tapiñán (left over after others have been grouped) · te విలక్షణమైన (strange) · kum такъ (indivisible by two) · mi makere (left over after others have been grouped) · fi omituinen (strange) · fi satunnainen (casual, irregular) · it mordi e fuggi (casual, irregular) · ca i escaig (about) · oc impar (indivisible by two) · lv nepāra (indivisible by two) · es desemparejado (not having a mate) · nl oneven (indivisible by two) · es extraño (strange) · el παράξενος (strange) · bg тек (indivisible by two) · cs lichý (indivisible by two) · el μονός (indivisible by two) · gl voandeiro (casual, irregular) · he משונה (strange) · ta ஒற்றைப்படை (indivisible by two) · ja 奇数の (indivisible by two) · cmn 奇 (indivisible by two) · sv konstig (strange) · cmn 奇怪 (strange) · hu plusz (left over after others have been grouped) · hu egynéhány (about) · ja 奇異な (strange) · it strano (strange) · ru приблизи́тельно (about) · vi lẻ (indivisible by two) · nl onpaar (indivisible by two) · pt raro (strange) · io baroka (strange) · ckb سەیر (strange) · ba яңғыҙ (not having a mate) · el πάνω κάτω (about) · nl onregelmatig (casual, irregular) · fa تاق (indivisible by two) · pt ocasional (casual, irregular) · fi suunnilleen (about) · gd còrr (indivisible by two) · ja 奇妙な (strange) · hu megmaradt (left over after others have been grouped) · it casuale (casual, irregular) · hi विषम (indivisible by two) · it dispari (indivisible by two) · nl overblijvend (left over after others have been grouped) · de einzeln (not having a mate) · ca imparell (indivisible by two) · hu valahány (about) · grc ἄτοπος (strange) · es guacho (not having a mate) · grc ἀνάρτιος (indivisible by two) · ru о́коло (about) · ga corr (indivisible by two) · ru стра́нный (strange) · pdt sondaboa (strange) · id ganjil (indivisible by two) · he אי זוגי (indivisible by two) · ba таҡ (indivisible by two) · fi muutama (occasional; infrequent) · sv udda (indivisible by two) · ms ganjil (indivisible by two) · uk непа́рний (indivisible by two) · ru нечётный (indivisible by two) · id gasal (indivisible by two) · fr étrange (strange) · hu fura (strange) · lb ongerued (indivisible by two) · de gelegentlich (casual, irregular) · ja 奇の (indivisible by two) · de komisch (strange) · pdt schnoopich (strange) · hu esetleges (occasional; infrequent) · pl nieparzysty (indivisible by two) · hu furcsa (strange) · th คี่ (indivisible by two) · nl resterend (left over after others have been grouped) · it circa (about) · es raro (strange) · it all'incirca (about) · br impar (indivisible by two) · pt aproximadamente (about) · el περιττός (indivisible by two) · io nepara (indivisible by two) · hu ritka (occasional; infrequent) · izh vastumain (strange) · sl čuden (strange) · nl zeldzaam (occasional; infrequent) · hu fölösleges (left over after others have been grouped) · bg случаен (occasional; infrequent) · ko 홀수의 (indivisible by two) · hu véletlenszerű (casual, irregular) · lou drol (strange) · id ganjil (strange) · pt ímpar (not having a mate) · is hvass (indivisible by two) · bg единичен (not having a mate) · hu alkalmi (occasional; infrequent) · ko 기수의 (indivisible by two) · he משונה (strange) · ba сәйер (strange) · la impār (indivisible by two) · nrf fâlot (indivisible by two) · ka უცნაური (strange) · pl dziwaczny (strange) · grc περισσός (indivisible by two) · no ulike (indivisible by two) · sh neparan (indivisible by two) · uk розрі́знений (occasional; infrequent) · fi pariton (left over after others have been grouped) · tr tek (indivisible by two) · gl achegadamente (about) · ka კენტი (indivisible by two) · ga corr (occasional; infrequent) · de ungerade (indivisible by two) · es y pico (about) · tl kakaiba (strange) · gl arrevasado (strange) · sv märklig (strange) · nl uitzonderlijk (occasional; infrequent) · hu alkalmi (casual, irregular) · az əcaib (strange) · hu egy-egy (occasional; infrequent) · hu maradék (left over after others have been grouped) · de merkwürdig (strange) · el συν πλην (about) · ko 우수리 (left over after others have been grouped) · es cuático (strange) · te బేసి (indivisible by two) · fr bizarre (strange) · ja 変な (strange) · gl cuasemente (about) · hi निराला (strange) · ar فَرْدِيّ (indivisible by two) · gl ventureiro (casual, irregular) · fi pariton (indivisible by two) · gl impar (indivisible by two) · hu páratlan (indivisible by two) · ga corr- (casual, irregular) · nl merkwaardig (strange) · eo nepara (indivisible by two) · de gelegentlich (occasional; infrequent) · sv udda (strange) · ja 風変わりな (strange) · mk непарен (indivisible by two) · fi noin (about) · hu különös (strange) · hu fél pár (not having a mate) · lv dīvains (strange) · tl gansal (indivisible by two) · sk nepárny (indivisible by two) · km សេស (indivisible by two) · fr impair (not having a mate) · hi विचित्र (strange) · sh непаран (indivisible by two) · ro ciudat (strange) · cy od (indivisible by two) · it caffo (indivisible by two) · gl estrano (strange) · nl raar (strange) · fi kummallinen (strange) · gl murgallo (left over after others have been grouped) · sl lih (indivisible by two) · izh muudra (strange) · fur stramp (strange) · is odda- (indivisible by two) · ca imparell (not having a mate) · hu páratlan (not having a mate) · lou dròl (strange) · hu fölös (left over after others have been grouped) · fi outo (strange) · ga corr- (occasional; infrequent) · it impari (indivisible by two) · ro impar (indivisible by two) · nb egen (strange) · fi yksittäinen (occasional; infrequent) · hu rendszertelen (casual, irregular) · es non (indivisible by two) · ga aisteach (strange) · gl mosía (left over after others have been grouped) · es desparejado (not having a mate) · it a occhio e croce (about) · fr à peu près (about) · ga corr (casual, irregular) · fr impair (indivisible by two) · el αλλόκοτος (strange) · be няцо́тны (indivisible by two) · br Iskis (strange) · es impar (indivisible by two) · hy տարօրինակ (strange) · hu kilógó (left over after others have been grouped) · fi pariton (not having a mate) · bg оставащ (left over after others have been grouped) · ro bizar (strange) · it spaiato (not having a mate) · got 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃 (strange) · gd corra (casual, irregular) · nl ongeveer (about) · it irregolare (casual, irregular) · it approssimativamente (about) · bg нече́тен (indivisible by two) · pt estranho (strange) · tl kakatwa (strange) · ro straniu (strange) · pt ímpar (indivisible by two) · pl dziwny (strange) · hy կենտ (indivisible by two) · da mærkelig (strange) · it strambo (strange) · ca estrany (strange) · ja 半 (indivisible by two) · vi kỳ cục (strange) · hi यदाकदा (occasional; infrequent) · es suelto (not having a mate) · bg необичаен (strange) · bg отделен (not having a mate) · it occasionale (casual, irregular) · de seltsam (strange) · sv enstaka (occasional; infrequent)

odd en · NOUN

Pronunciation

ŏd
(US) audio
[ɔ̟d] ~ [ɞ̠d] (New-Zealand)
/ɒd/ (New-Zealand)
/ɑd/ (General-American)
/ɒd/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Wales)
/ɔd/ (Australia, British, Scotland, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Meanings

(informal) Something left over, not forming part of a set.
- I’ve got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.
(diminutive) An odd number.
- So let’s see. There are two evens here and three odds.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
odds	Number=Plur		lexicographic

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at odds

Odd Rode · odds and ends

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