eccentricity that is not easily explained
oddity
How to use oddity in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for oddity.
Editorial note
Is this just a US law oddity or is that what passes for money laundering these days?
Quick take
eccentricity that is not easily explained
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of oddity gathered in one view.
a strange attitude or habit
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for oddity.
noun
eccentricity that is not easily explained
See also: oddness
noun
a strange attitude or habit
See also: queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet
noun
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
See also: curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
Example sentences
Is this just a US law oddity or is that what passes for money laundering these days?
Looking through the 2002 season, there's an oddity around touchdowns and extra points.
Computer Science is now an established discipline and schools actually teach it, so being self-taught is less of a necessity and more of an oddity.
Greetings from a speaker of a linguistic oddity that doesn't have a universal form of the word "you".My native language -- Sinhalese -- has two forms: written and spoken.
It will take a government-pioneered oddity that was out of reach of the masses and explore millions of ways to make it of financial benefit to the entrepreneurs who can get there first.
I think San Francisco's tolerance of diversity and oddity correlates to a greater tolerance of civic disorder than you see in other places.
At the same time, it was particularly communicable; something of an oddity for a flu with so many avian characteristics.
As for quirks, I remember one bit of oddity emanating from a formatting function that an older programmer associated with a Fortran convention, when I happened to describe it to him.
While some of these examples are rather remarkable, like the ultramarathoner, it's kind of a reflection on the media's obsession with youth that this seems like an oddity now, and I say this as a young person.
Now, based on linguistic history and French pronunciation norms, you claim it is more appropriate to conclude that all of these other words have implied "D's" than to conclude that Django has a silent "D".You might be right that the pronunciation of James with a phonetic /d/ sound is a historical oddity, but it doesn't make your conclusions any more valid.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use oddity in a sentence?
Is this just a US law oddity or is that what passes for money laundering these days?
What does oddity mean?
eccentricity that is not easily explained
What part of speech is oddity?
oddity is commonly used as noun.