US /ˈɑdɪti/ UK /ˈɒdɪti/
noun Freq #46484

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A strange or unusual thing.

    A snowfall in summer is a real oddity in this region.

  2. 2
    noun

    A strange person who behaves differently from others.

    His neighbours saw him as a harmless oddity.

  3. 3
    noun

    The quality of being strange or unusual.

    There was a certain oddity about the way he always wore gloves indoors.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a strange or unusual thing. anomalypeculiarity
2 noun · a strange person who... eccentric
3 noun · the quality of being... oddness
Word family
Forms oddities
Related forms oddment

Etymology

From odd + -ity.

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