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odder |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Odd \Odd\, a. [Compar. {Odder}; superl. {Oddest}.] [OE. odde, fr.Icel. oddi a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number (from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle), orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel. oddr point, point of a weapon, Sw udda odd, udd point, Dan. od AS ord, OHG. ort, G. ort place (cf. E. point, for change of meaning).] 1. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as an odd shoe; an odd glove. 2. Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers. I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. --Shak. 3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra. Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made it was destroyed in a deluge. --T. Burnet. There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads that you remember not --Shak. 4. Remaining over unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence occasional; inconsiderable; as odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles. 5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange. ``An odd action.'' --Shak. ``An odd expression.'' --Thackeray. The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius --Ascham. Patients have sometimes coveted odd things --Arbuthnot. Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of who would get a reputation by critical writings. --Spectator. Syn: Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric, whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical. See {Quaint}.
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