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I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other.
Chris Ware

Meaning of "oddities" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ODDITIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ODDITIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oddities is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ODDITIES

odd-jobber
odd-jobman
odd-jobmen
odd-looking
odd-man rush
odd-pinnate
odd-sounding
oddball
Oddfellow
oddish
oddity
oddly
oddment
oddments
oddness
odds
odds and ends
odds and sods
odds-on
odds-on favourite

WORDS THAT END LIKE ODDITIES

abilities
activities
amenities
authorities
capabilities
celebrities
cities
communities
disabilities
entities
facilities
humanities
minorities
opportunities
parties
possibilities
qualities
quantities
responsibilities
universities
utilities

Synonyms and antonyms of oddities in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ODDITIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «oddities» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of oddities

Translation of «oddities» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ODDITIES

Find out the translation of oddities to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oddities from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oddities» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

怪事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rarezas
570 millions of speakers

English

oddities
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विषमताएं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشذوذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

странности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esquisitices
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

oddities
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bizarreries
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ganjil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kuriositäten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

奇妙
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Oddities
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kỳ quặc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழக்கத்திற்கு மாறானவற்றை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विषमता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

garipliğiyiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stranezze
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

osobliwości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дивацтва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ciudățenii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραδοξότητες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oddities
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underligheter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rariteter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oddities

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ODDITIES»

The term «oddities» is very widely used and occupies the 13.751 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ODDITIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «oddities» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «oddities» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oddities

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6 QUOTES WITH «ODDITIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word oddities.
1
Ze Frank
I've been super impressed with what BuzzFeed has done on Facebook with inspiring list posts and on Twitter with political scoops, but YouTube is a giant social platform that has its own quirks and oddities and will require some new approaches.
2
Molly Ivins
So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
3
Lily Koppel
In our era of celebrity, where every life is made public through email, blogs and Facebook, one of the greatest oddities may be that there is not a livelier discussion about the individual's basic need for a more private space.
4
Pierre Salinger
The things that stand out are often the oddities.
5
Chris Ware
I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other.
6
Don Yaeger
That's one of the great oddities of baseball: Success is relative. A hitter who fails 70 percent of the time at the plate is a potential member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and many World Championship teams lose more than 70 games during their title-winning seasons.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ODDITIES»

Discover the use of oddities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oddities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Freak Show: Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit
Traces the history of freak shows, describes the deceptions used in marketing carnival attractions, and looks at changing public attitudes
Robert Bogdan, 1990
2
The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities: Pizza ...
Written by a practicing lawyer with an eye for his profession's most unusual quirks, The Book of Strange and Curious Legal Oddities offers a delightful look at the legal system's peculiarities through the ages.
Nathan Belofsky, 2010
3
Oddities: A One Act Resolution
Oddities, A One Act Resolution is a play about one's ache and loneliness when secluded by the wraith of suicidal ideation.
Shivcharran Hulasie, 2011
4
Ghosts and Oddities
Ghosts, Heroes and Oddities is a collection of the stories that have inspired, entertained and haunted countless generations of Newfoundlanders.
Jack Fitzgerald, Jocelyne Thomas, 2005
5
Borderlines and Borderlands: Political Oddities at the Edge ...
Focusing on unusual international border shapes, this fascinating book highlights the important truth that all borders, even those that appear "natural," were created by people.
Alexander C. Diener, Joshua Hagen, 2010
6
Vinson's Christmas and Other Oddities
This book seeks to arm the know it all, the boor, the acid tempered and other social miscreants with information designed to harass the sensibilities of the more balanced celebrants of Christmas.
Sara D'Emic, William James Vinson, 2012
7
Long Island Oddities: Curious Locales, Unusual Occurrences, ...
From hidden haunts and legends like the Indian Princess of Lake Ronkonkoma to well-known events like the Amityville Horror House murders, this collection chronicles the tales of restless spirits, unrequited loves and otherworldly visits ...
John Leita, Laura Leita, 2013
8
Oval Office Oddities
Oval Office Oddities is a grand compendium of fascinating, sometimes embarrassing presidential facts, gaffes, and oddball behaviors—available in plenty of time for Election Day!
Bill Fawcett, 2009
9
Oddities: A Book of Unexplained Facts
This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.
Rupert T. Gould, 2013
10
Bizarre Books: A Compendium of Classic Oddities
Amazing, illuminating, and gut-bustingly funny, Bizarre Books is the wonderfully twisted product of more than two decades of determined searching in forgotten corners of out-of-the-way libraries and through the literary detritus of eclectic ...
Russell Ash, Brian Lake, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ODDITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oddities is used in the context of the following news items.
1
8 oddities found at Phoenix-area museums
8 oddities found at Phoenix-area museums. What strange things are Phoenix-area museums hiding behind their doors? The answer may ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
2
The charming homes of Cape May, N.J.
... introduction to Cape May's history and a close-up look at Victorian interiors — including oddities like decorations made from human hair. «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
3
See weird, wonderful plants at weekend show
See hundreds of interesting, colorful and fascinating plants at one of the area's best club shows. Learn how to care for these oddities of nature ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
4
Photographer of the Day: The Beautiful Oddities of Ilse Leenders …
To learn more about the story behind the beautiful oddities that take shape in Leenders' images of Tokyo, we reached out to her for a short ... «Resource Magazine, Jul 15»
5
What Nots & Oddities Holds Grand Opening This Friday
Emilia Grass-Whittaker held a piece of her original art — other works of hers are on the wall behind her — in her store, What Nots & Oddities, ... «Ste. Genevieve Herald, Jul 15»
6
Australia declares war on feral cats: Outdoors Oddities
The Aussie government recently announced plans to save several endangered species, including the numbat and the mala, by taking out 2 ... «Syracuse.com, Jul 15»
7
10 NHL Oddities We'll Never See Again
The saying is that records are meant to be broken, but in certain cases, they simply won't be broken. Barring radical changes to the playing ... «The Hockey Writers, Jul 15»
8
Earth Matters: Storms, sprites and other sky oddities
To me, one of summer's most exciting light shows is the thunderstorm, with its amazing lightning displays and the promise it brings of cooling ... «GazetteNET, Jul 15»
9
Magnetars, starquakes, and other amazing space oddities
When a massive star dies, only two things might possibly remain — and both are among the most bizarre and fascinating objects in the ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
10
Procedural Oddities Result From Simultaneously Seeking Vacatur …
The Second Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal of a claim for vacatur without prejudice, which had been based on the panel's finding ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»

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