oddity
oddities
An oddity is anything strange or unusual. Wearing ear muffs during a heat wave would be considered an oddity, because most people wouldn't do that.
Anything odd is weird, strange, unusual, or bizarre. Oddities are things like that. Calling good friends "sir" would be an oddity, since that word is usually used in formal situations. Oddities can also be objects, especially unusual objects or souvenirs someone might collect.
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eccentricity that is not easily explained
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synonyms:
oddness
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eccentricity
strange and unconventional behavior
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eccentricity
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a strange attitude or habit
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synonyms:
crotchet, queerness, quirk, quirkiness
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tic
a usually unconscious habit or quirk of speech or behavior
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strangeness, unfamiliarity
unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
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tic
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something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
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synonyms:
curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity
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bric-a-brac, knickknack, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot
miscellaneous curios
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collectable, collectible
things considered to be worth collecting (not necessarily valuable or antique)
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collector's item, piece de resistance, showpiece
the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
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chachka, tchotchke, tsatske, tshatshke
(Yiddish) an inexpensive showy trinket
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rariora
(plural) rare collector's items
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object, physical object
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
Vocabulary lists containing oddity
In this fantasy novel, Lalani goes on a quest to find a cure for her mother's illness.
Kiko is devastated when she is not accepted to art school. Longing for an escape from her stifling community and self-absorbed mother, she accepts an unexpected invitation to travel to California with an old friend.
Mrs. Frisby and her children, a family of mice, must leave their home in order to escape the farmer's plow. Because her son Timothy is too sick to leave his bed, Mrs. Frisby enlists the help of a group of super-intelligent rats to help move her family to safety.
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