Odd I Strange Number Adjective ɒd ɑːd People

• they're very odd people.
• there's something odd about that man.
• that painting looks very odd.
• a teenage girl with rather odd hair

odd

1. strange or unusual
• COMPARE peculiar
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/peculiar
• They're very odd people.
• There's something odd about that man.
• That painting looks very odd.
• a teenage girl with rather odd hair
• After a while she noticed something quite odd.
• When we got inside something struck me as odd.
• It's an odd little movie.
• It seems odd that nobody noticed anything wrong.
• It's most odd that (= very odd that) she hasn't written.
• The odd thing was that he didn't recognize me.
• It's odd to think I will never see her again.

Extra Examples

• I didn't think it odd at the time.
• I find it odd that she takes so long to do that job.
• She had the oddest feeling that he was avoiding her.
2. strange or unusual in the way mentioned
• an odd-looking house
• an odd-sounding name
3. that cannot be divided exactly by the number two
• OPPOSITE even
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/even_2
• 1, 3, 5 and 7 are odd numbers.
• Each section may have an odd or even number of players.
4. happening or appearing occasionally; not happening often
• SYNONYM occasional
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/occasional
• He makes the odd mistake—nothing too serious.
5. of no particular type or size; various
• decorations made of odd scraps of paper
6. not with the pair or set that it belongs to; not matching
• You're wearing odd socks!
7. available; that somebody can use
• SYNONYM spare
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/spare_2
• Could I see you when you've got an odd moment?
8. approximately or a little more than the number mentioned
• How old is she—seventy odd?
• He's worked there for twenty-odd years.
9. a person or thing that is different from others or does not fit easily into a group or set
• At school he was always the odd man out.
• Dog, cat, horse, shoe—which is the odd one out?
10. a person who is slightly strange or crazy

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the numerical sense): from Old Norse odda-, found in combinations such as odda-mathr ‘third or odd man’, from oddi ‘angle’.