Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oddity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oddity
n 1: eccentricity that is not easily explained [syn: {oddness}]
2: a strange attitude or habit [syn: {queerness}, {quirk}, {quirkiness},
{crotchet}]
3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting [syn: {curio},
{curiosity}, {oddment}, {peculiarity}, {rarity}]
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