ɔd adj. & n. --adj. 1
extraordinary,
strange,
queer,
remarkable,
eccentric. 2
casual,
occasional,
unconnected (odd jobs; odd moments). 3
not normally noticed or considered;
unpredictable (in
some odd
corner; picks up odd bargains). 4
additional;
beside the reckoning (earned the odd pound). 5 a (of numbers
such as 3
and 5) not integrally
divisible by
two. b (of things or persons numbered consecutively)
bearing such a
number (no parking on odd dates). 6 left
over when the rest
have been distributed or divided
into pairs (have
got an odd sock). 7 detached
from a set or
series (a
few odd volumes). 8 (appended to a number,
sum,
weight, etc.)
somewhat more than (forty odd; forty-odd people). 9 by
which a
round number,
given sum,
etc., is exceeded (we have 102
what shall we do
with the odd 2?). --n.
Golf a
handicap of
one stroke at
each hole. øodd job a casual
isolated piece of
work. odd job
man (or odd jobber)
Brit. a
person who does odd jobs. odd man
out 1 a person or
thing differing from
all the others in a
group in some
respect. 2 a
method of selecting one of
three or more persons e.g. by
tossing a
coin. øøoddish adj. oddly adv. oddness n. [ME f. ON oddain odda-mathr
third man, odd man, f. oddi angle]
