oddity

Examples

• All

• She is, if I may speak frankly, somewhat of a medical oddity.

  Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)

• The U.S. Army Rangers are an oddity of the U.S. military special operations forces.

  Blog text (28)

• But there was one oddity.

  The Unborn (2009)

• If the players regarded me as an oddity, I never felt it for a moment.

  Blog text (5)

• The iPhone 5 is a bit of an oddity in the mobile world.

  Blog text (21)

• In the East, everybody was trying to be an oddity, and maybe they were hip to just about any trick.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The woman had delivered the information so neutrally, as if it were just another oddity of a foreign land.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Codfish balls, however, survive as a regional oddity in New England.

  Academic text (1991)

• A female core gamer is still seen as enough of an oddity to raise eyebrows.

  Blog text (27)

• Little Ember looked fascinated rather than frightened by the oddity, while others seemed poised to flee the water.

  Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

A

anomaly

vsoddity

165 7.1

Something that is not normal or expected

is often regarded as unusual and sometimes collectible

R

rarity

vsoddity

31 6.2

Something that is not common and happens only sometimes

adds idea of being noticed or collected beyond mere uncommonness

C

curiosity

vsoddity

27 5.0

An unusual object that people keep because it is rare or interesting

also covers people or events that are simply strange

P

peculiarity

vsoddity

14 6.1

An unusual feature that makes someone or something different

is the same strangeness but can attract collectors' interest

O

odd man out

vsoddity

• Informal

8 6.1

A person who is clearly different from others and does not fit in

may also refer to a different object worth noticing or collecting

C

curio

vsoddity

7 8.4

An unusual small object people collect because it is interesting, often from trips or old shops

is broader, meaning any strange person or thing

S

something queer

vsoddity

• Archaic

1 8.8

A thing that seems strange or not right

can also be something noticed or kept for collection

E

exotica

vsoddity

1 9.1

Unusual objects from other places that people collect for their rarity

is the general term for strange items and sometimes people

O

oddment

vsoddity

1 9.5

A small unusual thing kept because it is interesting

is the wider category for any strange or notable thing

O

odd fish

vsoddity

• Informal

8.2

A person who behaves in a strange or unusual way

can also mean a strange thing noticed and kept

Antonyms

C

commonplace

54 3.4

Ordinary and not special or new

N

normality

13 3.5

A time when things are usual and happen as expected

How Unusual

anomaly

165 7.1

rarity

31 6.2

oddity

15 5.3

peculiarity

14 6.1

curiosity

27 5.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology