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oddment |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Oddment \Odd"ment\, n. [Odd + -ment.] An odd thing or one that is left over disconnected, fragmentary, or the like something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows; esp. (in pl.), the odds and ends Specif.: (Printing) Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the text, such as the title page, contents, etc A miscellaneous collection of riddles, charms, gnomic verses, and ``oddments'' of different kinds. --Saintsbury. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: oddment n 1: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: {end}, {remainder}, {remnant}, {scrap}] 2: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: {curio}, {curiosity}, {oddity}, {peculiarity}, {rarity}]
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