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oddity

[ od-i-tee ]

noun

plural oddities
  1. an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. the quality of being odd; singularity, strangeness, or eccentricity.
  3. an odd characteristic or trait; peculiarity.


oddity

/ ˈɒɪɪ /

noun

  1. an odd person or thing
  2. an odd quality or characteristic
  3. the condition of being odd
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oddity1

First recorded in 1705–15; odd + -ity
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At Hawkins High, the other students sense Henry’s oddity the way sharks scent blood in the water.

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All that seemed the stuff of dusty history books, where the Grey Zone was a diplomatic oddity – an exception to a peaceful norm in the modern world of developed and integrated democracies.

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It’s a museum but it’s an oddity; it’s kind of science-based, but there’s also folklore stuff in there.

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A busy weekend of high school sports championships deserves a look back at some of the excitement and oddities.

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One study, Teegarden pointed out, found a correlation between UPF consumption and accidental death — a statistical oddity that likely indicates residual confounding rather than causation.

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