oddness

English

Etymology

From Middle English oddenesse; equivalent to odd +‎ -ness

Noun

oddness (countable and uncountable, plural oddnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being odd.
2. (countable) The result or product of being odd.
   • Joseph Addison

     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 […]

Synonyms

• (the state or quality of being odd): oddity, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness

Translations

the state or quality of being odd

• Arabic: غَرَابَة f (ḡarāba)
• Finnish: kummallisuus (fi)
• Irish: aiteacht f
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• Italian: originalità (it) f, bizzarria (it) f, stranezza (it) f, stramberia (it) f, bislaccheria (it) f
• Latvian: dīvainums m, dīvainība f

the result or product of being odd

• Latvian: dīvainība f
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Anagrams

• Seddons, soddens