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odd (äd)

adjective

    1. being one of a pair of which the other is missing an odd glove
    2. being the one remaining after the others are paired, grouped, taken, etc.
    3. being one or more of a set, series, or group separated from the others a few odd volumes of Dickens
  1. having a remainder of one when divided by two; not even: said of numbers
  2. numbered with an odd number the odd months
    1. in addition to that mentioned in a round number ten dollars and some odd change
    2. with a relatively small number over that specified: usually in hyphenated compounds twenty-odd children
  3. not the usual, regular, habitual, accounted for, etc.; occasional; incidental odd jobs, at odd moments
    1. not usual or ordinary; singular; peculiar; strange
    2. queer; eccentric
  4. out-of-the-way in odd corners

Etymology: ME odde < ON oddi, point of land, triangle, hence (from the third angle) odd number, akin to OE ord, a point < Gmc *uzda- (> Ger ort, place, orig., point) < IE *uds (< base *ud-, up > out) + *dho-, var. of *dhē, to place, put > do

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Odd definition

Odd (äd)

interjection

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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