Odd (peculiar)

Odd (peculiar)
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  • peculiar — peculiarly, adv. /pi kyoohl yeuhr/, adj. 1. strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings. 2. uncommon; unusual: the peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats. 3. distinctive in nature or character from others. 4. belonging characteristically… …   Universalium

  • Odd — ([o^]d), a. [Compar. {Odder} ([o^]d [ e]r); superl. {Oddest}.] [OE. odde, fr. Icel. oddi a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number (from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle), orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel. oddr point, point of a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • odd´ness — odd «od», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. left over: »Here are seven plums for the three of us; you may have the odd one. Pay the bill with this money and keep the odd change. SYNONYM(S): extra. 2. being one of a pair or set of which the rest is… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Odd Soul — Studio album by Mutemath Released …   Wikipedia

  • odd — [äd] adj. [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,… …   English World dictionary

  • odd — (adj.) c.1300, constituting a unit in excess of an even number, from O.N. oddi third or additional number, as in odda maðr third man, odd man (who gives the casting vote), odda tala odd number. The literal meaning of O.N. oddi is point of land,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • odd — / oddball [adj1] unusual, abnormal atypical, avant garde, bizarre, character, crazy, curious, deviant, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, flaky*, freak*, freakish*, freaky*, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular,… …   New thesaurus

  • peculiar — [adj1] characteristic, distinguishing appropriate, diacritic, diagnostic, distinct, distinctive, endemic, exclusive, idiosyncratic, individual, intrinsic, local, particular, personal, private, proper, restricted, special, specific, typical,… …   New thesaurus

  • peculiar — ► ADJECTIVE 1) strange or odd. 2) (peculiar to) belonging exclusively to. 3) formal particular. ► NOUN ▪ a parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch or an… …   English terms dictionary

  • peculiar — [pi kyo͞ol′yər] adj. [ME peculier < L peculiaris < peculium: see PECULATE] 1. of only one person, thing, group, country, etc.; distinctive; exclusive 2. particular; unique; special [a matter of peculiar interest] 3. out of the ordinary;… …   English World dictionary

  • peculiar — I (curious) adjective aberrant, abnormal, abnormous, alien, anomalistic, anomalistical, anomalous, astonishing, bizarre, breaking with tradition, eccentric, foreign, inexplicable, irregular, little known, mysterious, mystifying, odd, out of place …   Law dictionary

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