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Webster 1913 Edition


oddity

odd′i-ty

(ŏd′ĭ-ty̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Oddities
(ŏd′ĭ-tĭz)
.
1.
The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity;
as,
oddity
of dress, manners, and the like
.
That infinitude of
oddities
in him.
Sterne.
2.
That which is odd;
as, a collection of
oddities
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oddity

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.