Definition of Oddest

1. Adjective. (superlative of odd) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oddest

1. odd [adj] - See also: odd

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oddest

odd fellow
odd fish
odd function
odd functions
odd job
odd jobs
odd lot
odd man out
odd men out
odd one out
oddball
odder
odderon
odderons
oddest (current term)
oddi's sphincter
oddish
oddities
odditis
oddity
oddly
oddly enough
oddment
oddments
oddness
oddnesses
odds
odds-maker
odds-on

Literary usage of Oddest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (1897)
"Now comes a singular thing: the oddest thing, the strangest thing, the most baffling and unaccountable marvel that Australasia can show. ..."

2. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry: From the Year by Mary Berry (1865)
"... just as it happens, all jumbled in the oddest queerest manner that I ever yet saw. The acqueduct may be called magnificent; but the arches are, I think, ..."

3. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"The building is all of brick, and has the oddest appearance of anything I ever saw. This Tonbridge is but a common country town, though very clean, ..."

4. Little Folks in Feathers and Fur, and Others in Neither by Olive Thorne Miller, Hildibrand, A. Mesnel, Ecosse, E.P. Dutton (Firm)., J.J. Little & Co (1880)
"THE oddest OF ALL. I think we may safely call this the very oddest creature that ever lived. He has a bill like a bird, fur like a beast, and he swims like ..."

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