Oddity definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ODD'ITY, n. 1. Singularity; strangeness; as the oddity of dress, manners or shape; oddity of appearance. 2. A singular person; in colloquial language. This man is an oddity. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: eccentricity that is not easily explained [syn: oddity, oddness] 2: a strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet] 3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy ...
... 3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -ties) Date ... or state of being peculiar 2. a distinguishing characteristic 3. oddity, quirk Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -ies) 1 a idiosyncrasy; unusualness; oddity. b an instance of this. 2 a characteristic or habit ... mode, mode of expression, mold, monstrosity, monstrousness, nature, nonconformity, note, oddity, odor, outlandishness, particularity, pattern, peculiar trait, personal style, picture, practice ...
... cf. Trull.] Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange. Syn: Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous ... persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story. Webster ...
... cf. Trull.] Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange. Syn: Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous ... persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story. Webster ...
Queerness definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary QUEE'RNESS, n. Oddity; singularity; particularity. [A familiar, not an elegant word.] WordNet (r ... 0 (2005) n 1: a strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet] 2: a sexual attraction to (or ...
... abnormal: as a. a person or animal having a physical oddity and appearing in a circus sideshow b. slang (1) a ... mutation, narcotics addict, naysayer, nonconformist, nonjuror, notion, nut, odd, oddball, oddity, original, passing fancy, peculiarity, pillhead, pothead, pundit, pursuer, queer, quirk ...
Oddities definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Oddity Odd"i*ty, n.; pl. Oddities. 1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like. That infinitude of oddities ...
... public's wariness of opera is an anomaly in Europe. = oddity N-COUNT Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Irregularity ... misjoining, mismatch, monstrosity, museum piece, naysayer, nonconformist, nonconformity, nonesuch, oddball, oddity, peculiarity, prodigiosity, prodigy, queerness, quip, quirk, quirkiness, rarity, singularity, sport ...
... cf. Trull.] Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange. Syn: Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous ... persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story.