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- DictionaryOdd·i·ty/ˈädədē/
noun
- 1. a strange or peculiar person, thing, or trait: "she was regarded as a bit of an oddity"
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ŏdĭ-tē. An odd person or thing. The state or quality of being odd; queerness; peculiarity; strangeness.
someone or something that is strange and unusual: Even today a man who stays home to take care of the children is regarded as something of an oddity. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people. alien. anomaly. anti-alien. Bermuda Triangle. corn circle. eccentric. flake. kook. kryptonite.
someone or something that is strange and unusual: Even today a man who stays at home to take care of the children is regarded as something of an oddity. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people. alien. anomaly. anti-alien. Bermuda Triangle. corn circle. flake. grotesque. kook. kryptonite.
An oddity is anything strange or unusual. Wearing ear muffs during a heat wave would be considered an oddity, because most people wouldn't do that.
oddity. (ɒdɪti ) Word forms: plural oddities. 1. countable noun. An oddity is someone or something that is very strange. Carlson noticed another oddity; his plant had bloomed twice. 2. countable noun. The oddity of something is the fact that it is very strange.
an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event. Synonyms: wonder, curiosity, rarity. the quality of being odd; singularity, strangeness, or eccentricity. an odd characteristic or trait; peculiarity. oddity.
noun. A person who is appealingly odd or curious: character, original. Informal: card, oddball. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
ODDITY definition: someone or something that is strange or unusual. Learn more.
[uncountable] the fact of being strange or unusual. She suddenly realized the oddity of her remark and blushed. See oddity in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: oddity. Definition of oddity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
