adj.
- unusual or unexpected; strange.
- (of whole numbers such as 3 and 5) having one left over as a remainder when divided by two.
▸denoting a single goal by which one side defeats another in a game where three or more goals are scored.
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[in combination]
in the region of:
fifty-odd years.
- occasional:
we have the odd drink together.
▸spare; unoccupied:
an odd five minutes.
- detached from a pair or set.
Phrase
- odd one out
a person or thing differing in some way from the other members of a group or set.
Derivative
- oddish adj.
- oddly adv.
- oddness n.
Etymology
ME: from ON odda-, found in combinations such as odda-mathr ‘third or odd man’, from oddi ‘angle’.