ŏdd, a.

a. [compar. ODDER; superl. ODDEST.] [Sw. udda, odd; W. od, singular, odd. Cf. Sw., Dan., & N. H. Ger. öde, deserted, empty; O. H. Ger. ödi, empty; O. D. ood, id., Icel. audhr, Goth. auths, desert, solitary.]

1Sense 1. Not paired with another; separated or considered by itself; alone.

2Sense 2. Left over, after a round number has been taken; remaining; not included with others; hence, having no great value; fragmentary; trifling; insignificant; as, odd minutes; at odd times.

Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed by a deluge. Burnet.

There are yet missing some few odd lads that you remember not. Shak.

3Sense 3. Not divisible by two without a remainder; not capable of division into two equal whole numbers; not even.

Good luck lies in odd numbers. Shak.

4Sense 4. Different from what is usual or common; singular; peculiar; unique; as, an odd phenomenon.

The odd man, to perform all three perfectly, is Joannes Sturmius. Ascham.

Patients have sometimes coveted odd things, which have relieved them. Arbuthnot.

5Sense 5. Unsuitable or inappropriate; queer.

Locke's Essay would be an odd book for a man to make himself master of who would get a reputation by his critical writings. Spectator.

Synonyms— Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary; strange; queer; eccentric; whimsical; fantastical; droll; comical. See QUINT.