Noun: oddity ó-di-tee
- Eccentricity that is not easily explained
"The oddity of his behaviour puzzled his friends";
- oddness
- A strange attitude or habit
"His oddity endeared him to his friends";
- queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet
- Something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
"The antique shop was filled with fascinating oddities";
- curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
Derived forms: oddities
Type of: article, eccentricity, kookiness [informal], object, physical object, strangeness, unfamiliarity
Encyclopedia: Oddity