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Definition odd
Etymology
From Middle English od, odde (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to set, place”). Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udd (“a point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").
Adjective
odd (not generally comparable, comparative odder, superlative oddest)
- Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
- (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
- (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
- (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
- (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
- (not comparable) Not regular or planned.
- (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.
- (not comparable) Numbered with an odd number.
- (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
- Out of the way, secluded.
- (sports) On the left.
- (obsolete) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding. [since the 1400s]
Noun
odd (plural odds)
- (mathematics, diminutive) An odd number.
- (colloquial) Something left over, not forming part of a set.
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