Odd

Odd: A little strange. Uneven. Sometimes surprising. Wkt

Mathematically, not divisible by two.

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From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to stick, prick, pierce, sting”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to set, place”).

Cognate to Icelandic oddi (“triangle, point of land, odd number”), Swedish udda (“odd”), udd (“a point”), Danish od (“point of weapon””) and odde (“a headland, point”), Norwegian Bokmål odde (“a point”, “odd”, “peculiar”); related to Old English ord (“a point”). Doublet of ord ("point").

1. Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected.

2. Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched. (not comparable)

3. Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped. (not comparable)

4. Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc. (not comparable)

5. Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern. (not comparable)

6. Not regular or planned. (not comparable)

7. Used or employed for odd jobs. (not comparable)

8. Numerically indivisible by two. (mathematics, not comparable)

9. Numbered with an odd number. (not comparable)

10. About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number) (not comparable, in combination with a number).

11. Out of the way, secluded.

12. On the left. (sports)

13. (obsolete) Singular in excellence; matchless; peerless; outstanding. [since the 1400s]

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