English noun: oddity |
1. | oddity (attribute) eccentricity that is not easily explained |
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| Synonyms | oddness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | eccentricity |
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2. | oddity (attribute) a strange attitude or habit |
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| Synonyms | crotchet, queerness, quirk, quirkiness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | strangeness, unfamiliarity |
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3. | oddity (artifact) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
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| Synonyms | curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity |
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| Broader (hypernym) | object, physical object |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bric-a-brac, collectable, collectible, collector's item, knickknack, knickknackery, nicknack, piece de resistance, showpiece, whatnot |
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