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Odd"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Oddities (&?;). 1. The quality
or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as,
oddity of dress, manners, and the like.

That infinitude of oddities in
him.

2. That which is odd; as, a collection of
oddities.

Odd"ly, adv. 1. In
an odd manner; unevently. [R.]

2. In a peculiar manner; strangely; queerly;
curiously. "A figure a little more oddly turned."
Locke.

A great black substance, . . . very oddly
shaped.

3. (Math.) In a manner measured by an
odd number.

Odd"ness, n. 1.
The state of being odd, or not even.

Take but one from three, and you not only destroy the
oddness, but also the essence of that number.

2. Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity;
irregularity; uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape;
the oddness of an event.


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