oddity
pronunciation
How to pronounce oddity in British English:
UK [ˈɒdəti]
How to pronounce oddity in American English:
US [ˈɑdəti]
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- Noun:
- eccentricity that is not easily explained
- a strange attitude or habit
- something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Word Origin
- oddity (n.)
- 1713, "odd characteristic or trait," a hybrid from odd + -ity. Meaning "odd person" is first recorded 1748.
Example
- 1. The oddity is that almost everywhere the european left is in decline .
- 2. Your situation is a rare cultural oddity peculiar to late capitalism , and particularly rare in a period of global recession .
- 3. Another oddity has been the recent performance of gold .
- 4. One current technical oddity in the markets is the " negative swap spread " .
- 5. Succession in north korea would just be an oddity if it were not for the fact that we are dealing with a country with nuclear weapons and delivery systems .