oddish
Americanadjective
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Origin of oddish
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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.
From Robert Browning by C. H. (Charles Harold) Herford
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.
From The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" by Mayne Reid
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 Winn Schwartau
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 Arthur Mee
Bless your honour's soul, he is, as it were, a very oddish kind of a gentleman.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by T. (Tobias) Smollett
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