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
oddity (plural oddities)
An odd or strange thing or opinion.
A strange person; an oddball.
Strangeness.
• (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
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
