Definition of Oddness

1. Noun. The parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two).

Generic synonyms: Parity
Derivative terms: Odd

2. Noun. Eccentricity that is not easily explained.
Exact synonyms: Oddity
Generic synonyms: Eccentricity
Derivative terms: Odd

Definition of Oddness

1. n. The state of being odd, or not even.

Definition of Oddness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being odd. ¹

2. Noun. The result or product of being odd. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oddness

1. the state of being odd [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oddness

oddball
odder
odderon
odderons
oddest
oddi's sphincter
oddish
oddities
odditis
oddity
oddly
oddly enough
oddment
oddments
oddness (current term)
oddnesses
odds
odds-maker
odds-on
odds and ends
odds on
odds ratio
oddsmaker
oddsmakers
oddsmaking
oddsman
oddsmen
ode
odea

Literary usage of Oddness

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

1. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"CHAPTER VII A COALITION BETWEEN BEAUTY AND oddness The old captain's prevailing indifference to his granddaughter's movements left her free as a bird to ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Divorce and Matrimonial Jurisdiction Under the Act by John Fraser Macqueen (1858)
"oddness of the title. 10. The application to be by petition. 2. The suit corresponds with the Scotch one for "adherence." 11. Discretion a* to questions of ..."

3. Lectures on diseases of the spinal cord by Pierre Marie (1895)
"oddness of character. Special indications of degeneration. Attenuated forms of the disease. Tendency to progressive improvement. ..."

4. Goethe's Correspondence with a Child by Bettina von Arnim (1839)
"... thou wilt perceive the millions of dream-visions, which crowd there, where one often borrows from the other whim, oddness and hues; there thou wilt feel ..."

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