oddness

English

Etymology

From Middle English oddenesse; equivalent to odd +‎ -ness

Noun

oddness (countable and uncountable, plural oddnesses)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being odd.
(countable) The result or product of being odd.
- Joseph Addison
  This humour broke out at first in many little oddnesses: he had never any stated hours for his dinner, supper, or sleep; because, said he, we ought to attend the calls of nature, and not set our appetites to our meals […]

Translations

the state or quality of being odd

Arabic: غَرَابَة‎ f (ḡarāba)
Finnish: kummallisuus (fi)
Irish: aiteacht f

Italian: originalità (it) f, bizzarria (it) f, stranezza (it) f, stramberia (it) f, bislaccheria (it) f
Latvian: dīvainums m, dīvainība f

the result or product of being odd

Latvian: dīvainība f

Anagrams

Seddons, soddens

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