ODDITY

curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity

(noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet

(noun) a strange attitude or habit

oddity, oddness

(noun) eccentricity that is not easily explained

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

oddity (plural oddities)

An odd or strange thing or opinion.

A strange person; an oddball.

Strangeness.

Synonyms

• (strange thing): irregularity, outlier; see also anomaly

• (strange opinion)

• (strange person): kook, oddball, odd duck, weirdo; see also strange person

• (strangeness): oddness, rumness, weirdness; see also strangeness

Source: Wiktionary


Odd"i*ty, n.; pl. Oddities (.

1. The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like. That infinitude of oddities in him. Sterne.

2. That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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