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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oddity  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oddity 
  n  1:  eccentricity  that  is  not  easily  explained  [syn:  {oddness}] 
  2:  a  strange  attitude  or  habit  [syn:  {queerness},  {quirk},  {quirkiness}, 
  {crotchet}] 
  3:  something  unusual  --  perhaps  worthy  of  collecting  [syn:  {curio}, 
  {curiosity},  {oddment},  {peculiarity},  {rarity}]




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