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oddish

[ od-ish ]

adjective

  1. rather odd; queer.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oddish1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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