Definition of Odd

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Definition of Odd

Odd

Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.

Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.

Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.

Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.

Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.

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Odd Quotations

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
Winston Churchill

You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.
George Carlin

In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.
Steven Wright

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
Will Rogers

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.
Lord Byron

There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.
Alexis de Tocqueville

Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.
Virginia Woolf

I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy.
Angelina Jolie

I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.
Angelina Jolie

I've made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite.
Bertrand Russell

Odd Translations

odd in Afrikaans is eienaardig
odd in Dutch is bizar
odd in Finnish is kummallinen
odd in German is ungerade, ungerade
odd in Portuguese is impar

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