单词 | odd-like |
释义 | odd-likeadj. Scottish and English regional. Odd; (also) odd-looking. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > odd quaintc1325 awkc1440 queer?a1513 odd1578 quaintish1594 odd-conceiteda1616 odd-ceited1652 whimsical1675 singulara1684 eccentric1685 oddish1705 rummish1709 comical1713 odd-like1718 rum1750 queerish1775 funny1793 quare1805 rummy1828 kinky1844 quirkish1848 quirky1873 odd-gates1906 funny-peculiar1916 antrin1925 off-brand1929 fanciful- 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 25 An odd like Wife, they said that saw, A Moupin runckeld Granny. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) i. 29 Of all the..odd-like things ever I saw, she is the first. 1788 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 419 My godlike Friend—nay do not stare, You think the phrase is odd like; But, ‘God is Love,’ the Saints declare, Then surely thou art Godlike! 1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) II. x. 132 Is not it an odd like thing that ilka waf carle in the country has a son and heir, and that the house of Ellangowan is without male succession? 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd II. xxi. 261 Since the case is so sad and odd-like, why don't ye give the conditional promise? 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Oddlike, oddishlike, odd-looking. ‘Th'aad meer hes an oddlike leuk gan i' the field her lyen.’ 1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. (at cited word) Odd-like, strange-looking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1718 |
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