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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)

  1. Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
    1. Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
  2. (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
  3. (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
  4. (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
  5. (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
  6. (not comparable) Not regular or planned.
  7. (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.
  8. (mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.
  9. (not comparable) Numbered with an odd number.
  10. (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
  11. Out of the way, secluded.
  12. (sports) On the left.
  13. (obsolete) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding. [since the 1400s]

Noun

odd (plural odds)

  1. (mathematics, diminutive) An odd number.
  2. (colloquial) Something left over, not forming part of a set.

Results 324 Words with the letters ODD

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7 letter words with the letters ODD 
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5 letter words with the letters ODD 
BODED 10
CODED 10
DODGY 11
DOMED 10
DOPED 10
DOWDY 12
DOWED 10
DOZED 16
KIDDO 11
NODDY 10
ODDLY 10
4 letter words with the letters ODD 
DADO 6
DIDO 6
DODO 6
EDDO 6
ODDS 6
3 letter words with the letters ODD 
ODD 5
2 letter words with the letters ODD 
DO 3
OD 3

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