Oddness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oddness \Odd"ness\, n.
     1. The state of being odd, or not even.
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              Take but one from three, and you not only destroy
              the oddness, but also the essence of that number.


                                                    --Fotherby.
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     2. Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity;
        uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the
        oddness of an event. --Young.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oddness
       n : eccentricity that is not easily explained [syn: {oddity}]