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Webster 1913 Edition


Oddness

Odd′ness

,
Noun.
1.
The state of being odd, or not even.
Take but one from three, and you not only destroy the
oddness
, but also the essence of that number.
Fotherby.
2.
Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness;
as, the
oddness
of dress or shape; the
oddness
of an event.
Young.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oddness

ODD'NESS

, n.
1.
The state of being not even.
2.
Singularity; strangeness; particularity; irregularity; uncouthness; as the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event or accident.

Definition 2024


oddness

oddness

English

Noun

oddness (countable and uncountable, plural oddnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being odd.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being odd.
    • Joseph Addison
      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 []

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