odd
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
Old Norse oddi (“third or additional number”), which comes from oddr (“point of a weapon”) via an intermediate meaning of "triangle". The original meaning is "left over".
[edit] Adjective
odd (not generally comparable; comparative odder, superlative oddest)
- (not comparable) Not having a mate.
- Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks.
- Strange, unusual.
- (not comparable) Occasional; infrequent.
- But for the odd exception.
- (not comparable) Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped
- I'm the odd one out.
- (not comparable) Casual, irregular, not planned.
- He's only worked odd jobs.
- (not comparable, in combination with a number, not comparable) About, approximately.
- There were thirty-odd people in the room.
- (not comparable, arithmetic) Not divisible by two.
[edit] Synonyms
- (not having a mate): single, mismatched
- (strange): bizarre, peculiar, queer, rum, strange, unusual, weird, fremd
- (about): about, approximately, around
- See also Wikisaurus:strange
[edit] Antonyms
- (not divisible by two): even
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from odd
[edit] Translations
strange
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not divisible by two
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rare: but for the odd exception
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left over after others have been grouped
casual, irregular
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about
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