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odd
English
Etymology
From Middle English od, odde (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?- (“to set, place”). Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?d
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
- Homophone: awed (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Adjective
odd (not generally comparable, comparative odder, superlative oddest)
- Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.
- Synonyms: unusual, strange; see also Thesaurus:strange
- Antonyms: common, familiar, mediocre; see also Thesaurus:common
- Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre.
- 2003, Kenneth Rubin, Andrea Thompson, The Friendship Factor, Penguin (?ISBN):
- [One of them would] say, 'Hi, Mother.' This might be Chrissie with the purple hair and black lipstick, or Adam, who usually wore odd leather stuff. Sometimes 'Hi' was all I heard; other times they'd stay and talk for a minute.
- 2003, Kenneth Rubin, Andrea Thompson, The Friendship Factor, Penguin (?ISBN):
- (not comparable) Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched.
- Synonyms: single, mismatched
- My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.
- (not comparable) Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped.
- (not comparable) Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc.
- 2009, Sam O'Connor, Tales of Old Las Vegas: Inside are a Few Stories Set in the 60's, where There was More to the Action Than the Games, AuthorHouse (?ISBN), page 187:
- "Here, I have some odd change that should make things easier." As Tish turned and reached for the cigarettes, Eric took some loose coins from his pocket and placed the change from the twenty into his other pocket.
- 2010, Chris Thomas, The Rockefeller Fraud, Xulon Press (?ISBN), page 24:
- Third was my college loan of five thousand dollars and some odd change.
- 2009, Sam O'Connor, Tales of Old Las Vegas: Inside are a Few Stories Set in the 60's, where There was More to the Action Than the Games, AuthorHouse (?ISBN), page 187:
- (not comparable) Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern.
- I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it.
- 1998, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ronald Hingley, Five Plays, Oxford University Press, USA (?ISBN), page 148:
- There are odd bits of green here and there in patches, but no continuous stretches. The elk, swans and woodgrouse are no more. The old hamlets, farmsteads, hermitages and mills have vanished without trace.
- (not comparable) Not regular or planned.
- (not comparable) Used or employed for odd jobs.
- 1879, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, page 262:
- The odd horse will now be employed in carting couch grass on to pasture land, carting hay, &c, to sheep in the field, carting roots, straw, &c, for feeding cattle in the boxes or dairy cows in the stalls or yards, and in various odd jobs on the farm ...
- 1894, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1, page 57:
- At about 14 he rises a step by getting the 'odd' horse and cart, and does all the small carting work about the farm.
- 1879, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, page 262:
- (mathematics, not comparable) Numerically indivisible by two.
- Antonym: even
- (not comparable) Numbered with an odd number.
- (not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:about, Thesaurus:approximately
- Out of the way, secluded.
- 1958, Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi, New Directions Publishing (?ISBN), page 218:
- "Well, isn't it a bit unusual to run into an old friend in an odd corner of the world like this?" I asked.
- 2015, Karen Newcomb, The Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden: Grow Tons of Organic Vegetables in Tiny Spaces and Containers, Ten Speed Press (?ISBN):
- Plant a clump in your postage stamp garden, or stuff them in an odd corner of a flower bed. (They prefer full sun but will tolerate filtered shade.)
- 1958, Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi, New Directions Publishing (?ISBN), page 218:
- (sports) On the left.
- He served from the odd court.
- (obsolete) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding. [since the 1400s]
- 1886, Walter William Skeat, The Wars of Alexander: An Alliterative Romance Translated Chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de Preliis, page 120, in (modern English) notes about the Middle English text:
- He goes to Phrygia, and sees Scamander. "Happy are all," he says, "who are honoured by that odd clerk. Homer." In Macedonia, he finds hie mother.
- 1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering – or The Astrologer:
- I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.
- 1886, Walter William Skeat, The Wars of Alexander: An Alliterative Romance Translated Chiefly from the Historia Alexandri Magni de Preliis, page 120, in (modern English) notes about the Middle English text:
Derived terms
Related terms
- ord
- odds and ends
Translations
Noun
odd (plural odds)
- (mathematics, diminutive) An odd number.
- So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
- (colloquial) Something left over, not forming part of a set.
- I've got three complete sets of these trading cards for sale, plus a few dozen odds.
Translations
See also
- Odd Rode
Further reading
- Odd in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- odd at OneLook Dictionary Search
- odd in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- DDO, DOD, DoD, dod
Icelandic
Noun
odd
- indefinite accusative singular of oddur
Middle English
Adjective
odd
- Alternative form of od
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aberrant
English
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + err? (“to wander”). See aberr.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?b?.??nt/, /?æ.b?.??nt/
Adjective
aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)
- Differing from the norm. [First attested sometime between the mid 16th century and the early 17th century.]
- (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
Synonyms
- (differing from the norm): abnormal, exceptional, unusual; see also Thesaurus:strange
- (straying from the right way): devious, errant, immoral; see also Thesaurus:immoral
- (deviating from the natural type):
Antonyms
- (differing from the norm): normal, regular, true; see also Thesaurus:normal
- (straying from the right way): correct, right, straight; see also Thesaurus:virtuous
- (deviating from the natural type): continuous
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
aberrant (plural aberrants)
- A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
- (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
Synonyms
- (thing deviating from the group): deviant, freak; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
- (thing deviating from the natural type):
Translations
References
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.b??rant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.b??ran/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.be?rant/
Adjective
aberrant (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)
- aberrant
- (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)
Related terms
- aberració
- aberrància
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.b?.???/
Adjective
aberrant (feminine singular aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)
- aberrant, abnormal or anomalous
- (sciences) which is impossible according to the norms or rules
Related terms
- aberrer
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns, present active participle of aberr? (“go astray; err”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
aberrant (comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)
- aberrant
Declension
Further reading
- “aberrant” in Duden online
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a?ber.rant/, [ä?b?r?än?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a?ber.rant/, [??b?r??n?t?]
Verb
aberrant
- third-person plural present active indicative of aberr?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin aberr?ns (“wandering, straying or deviating from”), present active participle of aberr? (“I wander, stray; aberr”), from both ab- (“from, away from”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) + and from err? (“I wander, astray; err”), from Proto-Italic *erz?? (“to roam, wander; go astray, waver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers-eh?-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of aberrasjon.
The noun is a substantivisation of the adjective, with the same etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab??rant/
- Rhymes: -ant
- Hyphenation: ab?err?ant
Adjective
aberrant (neuter singular aberrant, definite singular and plural aberrante, comparative mer aberrant, superlative mest aberrant)
- (especially medicine) aberrant (deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal)
Noun
aberrant m (definite singular aberranten, indefinite plural aberranter, definite plural aberrantene)
- (botany, zoology) an aberrant (a group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number)
References
- “aberrant” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “aberrant” in Store norske leksikon
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