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O*din"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining
to Odin.

O"di*ous (?), a. [L. odiosus,
from odium hatred: cf. F. odieux. See Odium.]
1. Hateful; deserving or receiving hatred; as,
an odious name, system, vice. "All wickedness will be
most odious." Sprat.

He rendered himself odious to the
Parliament.

2. Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance,
or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious
sight; an odious smell. Milton.

The odious side of that polity.

Syn. -- Hateful; detestable; abominable; disgusting;
loathsome; invidious; repulsive; forbidding; unpopular.

-- O"di*ous`ly. adv. --
O"di*ous*ness, n.

Od"ist (?), n. A writer of an ode
or odes.

O"di*um (?), n. [L., fr. odi I
hate.


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