oddish

American  

[od-ish] / ˈɒd ɪʃ /

adjective

1. rather odd; queer.

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Etymology

Origin of oddish

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

Example Sentences

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

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

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

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

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

From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

In the earlier books the brilliant yet self-centred poet of Paracelsus is still paramount, and even the "oddish boy" who had shyly evolved Pauline is not entirely effaced.

From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)

His large ears accentuated the oddish look, not entirely out of place on the subways at New York rush hour.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn