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.

Origin of oddity

First recorded in 1705–15; odd + -ity

Words nearby oddity

odd-pinnate, odd-toed ungulate, oddball, oddfellow, oddish, oddity, oddment, odds, odds and ends, odds and sods, odds are, the

Words related to oddity

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

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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