Oddities
[ɔdɪti:z]
Definition
(pl. ) of Oddity
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Examples
- But there are oddities in things, continued Mr. Brooke, whose conscience was really roused to do the best he could for his niece on this occasion. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Those words express another of his incomprehensible oddities. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Shirley, in spite of her whims and oddities, her dodges and delays, has an infatuated fondness for him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Certainly, the exemplary Mrs. Garth had her droll aspects, but her character sustained her oddities, as a very fine wine sustains a flavor of skin. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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