1. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an
odd shoe; an odd glove.
2. Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1,
3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.
Shak. 3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding
a specified number; extra.
Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it
was destroyed in a deluge.
T. Burnet.
There are yet missing of your company
Some few odd lads that you remember not.
Shak. 4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs;
odd minutes; odd trifles.
5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange. "An odd action."
Shak. "An odd expression." Thackeray.
The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius.
Ascham.
Patients have sometimes coveted odd things.
Arbuthnot.
Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation
by critical writings.
Spectator. Syn. — Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric, whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical.
See Quaint.
Odd Fellow
(Odd" Fel`low) A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.
Oddity
(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.
Sterne. 2. That which is odd; as, a collection of oddities.
Oddly
(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.
Swift. 3. (Math.) In a manner measured by an odd number.
Oddness
(Odd"ness), n.
