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Meanings of oddity in English

Portuguese
curiosidade
Catalan
raresa
Spanish
peculiaridad

Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.

        curiosidade
        Catalan
        peculiaritat
        Spanish
        excentricidad

        A strange attitude or habit.

              peculiaritat
              Catalan
              raresa

              Eccentricity that is not easily explained.

                    raresa
                    Usage of oddity in English
                    1
                    But in terms of story and overall impact, this oddity definitely reeks.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    But the oddity in the present case was that he said nothing.
                    Wilfrid Cumbermede
                    3
                    Kesseley felt like the human oddity at the fair-comicalby simply existing.
                    Rakes and radishes
                    4
                    Indeed, he at once began to carry on Bilbo's reputation for oddity.
                    The lord of the rings
                    5
                    But otherwise, it's just an oddity that I'm sure you'll forget about.
                    Year Zero
                    6
                    It's just another town oddity, she said, as if there were many.
                    The girl who chased the moon: a novel
                    7
                    Before he could consider this oddity, he heard a roar behind him.
                    Dragons of autumn twilight
                    8
                    The oddity is that numbers for the French Open keep on climbing.
                    Reuters
                    9
                    And Leslie, for all the oddity of the moment, wanted him to.
                    Ink Exchange
                    10
                    This was a true oddity, or at the very least an eccentric.
                    Wired
                    11
                    And the greater oddity that I was enjoying myself very much indeed.
                    Outlander
                    12
                    Georgina's account, although muddled in details, had the authentic oddity of Dickens.
                    The Guardian
                    13
                    One could not refrain from laughing at their oddity in agricultural pursuits.
                    History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantr...
                    14
                    Granted, it was getting late, but that's still an oddity in Chicago.
                    Ghost Story
                    15
                    Neither felt the oddity, then, of the absence of a jarring note.
                    The Inside of the Cup — Volume 02
                    16
                    There has never before been an oddity quite like this agreeable film.
                    The Irish Times
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