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

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

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A youngish, oldish, oddish fellow, whom they called "Pop," here told Mr. Cindrey to keep his pulse up and take a drink.

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Fowl, I fancy: for as I came round the lake I heard some oddish screaming in the direction of the cliff yonder, which was that taken by Ossaroo.

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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.

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

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