[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

odd \odd\ o^d, a. compar. odder o^d"~er; 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.
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   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.
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            i hope good luck lies in odd numbers. --shak.
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   3. left over after a definite round number has been taken or
      mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a
      specified number; extra.
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            sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was
            made, it was destroyed in a deluge.   --t. burnet.
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            there are yet missing of your company
            some few odd lads that you remember not. --shak.
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   4. remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence,
      occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd
      trifles.
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   5. different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular;
      peculiar; unique; strange. "an odd action." --shak. "an
      odd expression." --thackeray.

   syn: extraordinary; queer.
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              the odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is,
              in my poor opinion, joannes sturmius. --ascham.
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              patients have sometimes coveted odd things.
                                                  --arbuthnot.
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              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.
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   syn: quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary;
        strange; queer; eccentric; whimsical; fantastical;
        droll; comical. see quaint.
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see also:
odder oddest quaint 

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