oddity

[ od-i-tee ]
/ ˈɒd ɪ ti /
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noun, plural odd·i·ties for 1, 3.

an odd or remarkably unusual person, thing, or event.
the quality of being odd; singularity, strangeness, or eccentricity.
an odd characteristic or trait; peculiarity.

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Origin of oddity

First recorded in 1705–15; odd + -ity

Words nearby oddity

oddball, odd couple, odd-even check, Odd Fellow, oddish, oddity, odd-job, odd-jobman, odd lot, odd-lotter, odd-man
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Words related to oddity

phenomenon, quirk, characteristic, incongruity, rarity, peculiarity, curiosity, idiosyncrasy, anomaly, irregularity, freak, strangeness, kink, eccentricity, unnaturalness, singularity, oddness, extraordinariness, queerness, outlandishness

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British Dictionary definitions for oddity

oddity
/ (ˈɒdɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

an odd person or thing
an odd quality or characteristic
the condition of being odd
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