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oddnesses

oddnesses is the plural of oddness.

Meaning of oddness

Noun

oddness (countable and uncountable, plural oddnesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being odd.
    Synonyms:
    oddity
  2. (countable) The result or product of being odd.
    • This humour broke out at first in many little oddnesses: he had never any stated hours for his dinner, supper, or sleep; because, said he, we ought to attend the calls of nature, and not set our appetites to our meals […]1714 August 14 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “TUESDAY, August 4, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 576; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New...

Questions about oddnesses

What is oddnesses the plural of?
Oddnesses is the plural of oddness.

Words near oddnesses in the dictionary

  1. oddman
  2. oddmen
  3. oddment
  4. oddments
  5. oddness
  6. oddnesses
  7. Oddo-Harkins rule
  8. odds
  9. odds and bods
  10. odds and ends
  11. odds and sods

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