oddity
noun
1 oddity
Eccentricity that is not easily explained.
synonym: oddness.
Roget 5:
intrinsicality†,
inbeing†,
inherence,
inhesion†;
subjectiveness;
ego;
egohood†;
essence,
noumenon;
essentialness†
etc.
adj.;
essential part,
quintessence,
incarnation,
quiddity,
gist,
pith,
marrow,
core,
sap,
lifeblood,
backbone,
heart,
soul;
important part
etc.
(importance)
642.
principle,
nature,
constitution,
character,
type,
quality,
crasis†,
diathesis†.
habit;
temper,
temperament;
spirit,
humor,
grain;
disposition.
endowment,
capacity;
capability
etc.
(power)
157.
moods,
declensions,
features,
aspects;
peculiarities
etc.
(speciality)
79;
idiosyncrasy,
oddity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
diagnostics.
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Roget 503:
disordered reason,
disordered intellect;
diseased mind,
unsound mind,
abnormal mind;
derangement,
unsoundness;
psychosis;
neurosis;
cognitive disorder;
affective disorder†.
insanity,
lunacy;
madness
etc.
adj.;
mania,
rabies,
furor,
mental alienation,
aberration;
paranoia,
schizophrenia;
dementation†,
dementia,
demency†;
phrenitis†,
phrensy†,
frenzy,
raving,
incoherence,
wandering,
delirium,
calenture of the brain†;
delusion,
hallucination;
lycanthropy†;
brain storm†.
vertigo,
dizziness,
swimming;
sunstroke,
coup de soleil [Fr.],
siriasis†.
fanaticism,
infatuation,
craze;
oddity,
eccentricity,
twist,
monomania
(caprice)
608;
kleptodipsomania†;
hypochondriasis [Med.]
etc.
(low spirits)
837;
melancholia,
depression,
clinical depression,
severe depression;
hysteria;
amentia†.
screw loose,
tile loose,
slate loose;
bee in one's bonnet,
rats in the upper story.
dotage
etc.
(imbecility)
499.
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Roget 853:
ridiculousness
etc.
adj.;
comicality,
oddity
etc.
adj.;
extravagance,
drollery.
farce,
comedy;
burlesque
etc.
(ridicule)
856;
buffoonery
etc.
(fun)
840;
frippery;
doggerel verses;
absurdity
etc.
497;
bombast
etc.
(unmeaning)
517;
anticlimax,
bathos;
eccentricity,
monstrosity
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
laughingstock
etc.
857.
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Roget 857:
laughingstock,
jestingstock†,
gazingstock†;
butt,
game,
fair game;
April fool
etc.
(dupe)
547†.
original,
oddity;
queer fish,
odd fish;
quiz,
square toes;
old monkey,
old fogey,
fogey monkey,
fogy monkey;
buffoon
etc.
(jester)
844;
pantomimist
etc.
(actor)
599.
schlemiel.
jest
etc.
(wit)
842.
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Polish: kuriozalność
2 oddity
A strange attitude or habit.
synonyms: crotchet, queerness, quirk, quirkiness.
Dutch: eigenzinnigheid, rariteit, vreemd geval, eigenaardigheid, hebbelijkheid, idiosyncrasie
Polish: ekstrawaganckość, dziwactwo, ekscentryzm, ekstrawagancja, ekscentryczność
3 oddity
Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity.
Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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Dutch: curiositeit, curiosum, rara avis, rariteit, zeldzaamheid
Polish: cacko, cudo
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