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odd

UK/ɒd/ US/ɑd/ common informal

adjective

1.

not divisible by two

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2.

not easily explained

  • “it is odd that his name is never mentioned”
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3.

an indefinite quantity more than that specified

  • “invited 30-odd guests”
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4.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

  • “a curious hybrid accent”
  • “her speech has a funny twang”
  • “they have some funny ideas about war”
  • “had an odd name”
  • “the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves”
  • “something definitely queer about this town”
  • “what a rum fellow”
  • “singular behavior”
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5.

of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.

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6.

not used up

  • “leftover meatloaf”
  • “she had a little money left over so she went to a movie”
  • “some odd dollars left”
  • “saved the remaining sandwiches for supper”
  • “unexpended provisions”
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Origin

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").

Phrases

  • at odd times
  • at odds
  • odd and curious
  • odd bird
  • odd bod
  • odd couple
  • odd duck
  • odd fish
  • odd function
  • Odd Rode

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