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oddness

noun

Etymology

From Middle English oddenesse; equivalent to odd + -ness.

  1. inherited from oddenesse

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being odd.

  2. The result or product of being odd.

    • 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 […]
    • Neither was he intimate with any of the other bigger boys, who were warned off by his oddnesses, for he was a very queer fellow; […]

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oddness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA