odd in English: Strange or unusual, in a way that is hard to explain. (adjective)

/ɒd/

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Translation

Strange or unusual, in a way that is hard to explain.

Word origin

From Old Norse oddi, meaning a point or a third thing left over with no pair, which gave both the number sense and the strange sense.

"Odd" here means it is not what you would expect.

The look was strange, not normal.

"Odd" has a second meaning in maths: a number that cannot be split into two equal halves.

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This word is part of lesson 26.