oddish

[ od-ish ]

adjective

1. rather odd; queer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oddish¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; odd + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

AE thing is one thing, the word's oldish and Scottish; AG means agriculture, the word's academic and oddish.

From The Daily Beast

Bless your honour's soul, he is a very oddish kind of a gentleman.

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Bless your honour's soul, he is, as it were, a very oddish kind of a gentleman.

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You've got an oddish looking lot in the car—bought her in at the sale, I suppose—eh, what?

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Some time ago a grave, oddish kind of a man boarded at a farmer's in this parish.

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By the way, that reminds me, she must be an oddish sort of woman, this Mrs. Beaumont.

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