oddity

American  

[od-i-tee] / ˈɒd ɪ ti /

noun

plural

oddities

1. an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.

   Synonyms:

   wonder, curiosity, rarity

2. the quality of being odd; singularity, strangeness, or eccentricity.

3. an odd characteristic or trait; peculiarity.

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oddity British  

/ ˈɒdɪtɪ /

noun

1. an odd person or thing

2. an odd quality or characteristic

3. the condition of being odd

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Etymology

Origin of oddity

First recorded in 1705–15; odd + -ity

Example Sentences

"She single-handedly gets the blame for all of the oddities that we find. She just did not follow any rules."

From BBC

Such was the oddity of Anthony Joshua v Jake Paul even taking place, the fight landed on Netflix under a cloud of suspicion that boxing had surrendered itself to choreography.

From BBC

Manchester United are still a bit of an oddity but they are entertaining, you'd give them that.

From BBC

He said local farmers would have been wondering what was going on at Blaenllain Farm, adding: "You were shining a beacon on the oddity of it all."

From BBC

When an autonomous vehicle behaves oddly, it blends into the general oddities of human driving.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• abnormality
• anomaly
• characteristic
• curiosity
• idiosyncrasy
• incongruity
• irregularity
• peculiarity
• phenomenon
• quirk
• rarity