Definition of oddity
oddities
1 : an odd person, thing, event, or trait
2 : the quality or state of being odd
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Examples of oddity in a Sentence
Her shyness makes her a bit of an oddity in the business world.
The zoo has such oddities as anteaters and platypuses.
Recent Examples of oddity from the Web
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Compared to a GTX 1080 Ti paired with a mighty eight-core Intel processor, the GX800VH often comes in faster at its native display resolution of 4K. That said, SLI support remains something of an oddity.
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On Oct. 2, 1982, Monkey Hill became a double oddity.
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The one-time home is in the Frisco community of the Outer Banks, and has become nationally known as one of the oddities tourists see when driving up the state’s coastline.
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Within minutes, our convoy is nosing its way through afternoon traffic, five towering oddities among an ocean of motorbikes.
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The thousands of people coursing through Maker Faire at Union Station Saturday could lay their eyes — and often their hands — on all kinds of creative oddities.
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There is the role of Ringmaster, who hypes the twins as freaks and oddities to whet the appetites of voyeuristic audiences.
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And everybody seems to have his or her favorite West Wing oddity.
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The tune emanates not from an cellphone ignored by a visiting tourist, but from an acoustical oddity: the Great Stalacpipe Organ.
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First Known Use of oddity
1713
ODDITY Defined for English Language Learners
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: a strange or unusual person or thing
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: the quality or state of being strange or unusual
ODDITY Defined for Kids
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oddities
1 : something strange The zoo has oddities such as platypuses.
2 : the quality or state of being strange We laughed at the oddity of the situation.
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