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Oddball Moderate

Oddball has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a person with an unusual or odd personality

2

An eccentric or unusual person.

Adjective
1

Exotic, not mainstream.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
person
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
crackpot nutter

Origin

Oddball is a compound word made from "odd" and "ball" that first appeared in the late 1930s to describe an extra bonus ball in pinball games. The term has been well-documented since the 1940s, with the adjective form appearing slightly before the noun.

Rhyming Words
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