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Noun
S:
(n)
oddity
,
oddness
(eccentricity that is not easily explained)
S:
(n)
oddity
,
queerness
,
quirk
,
quirkiness
,
crotchet
(a strange attitude or habit)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
unfamiliarity
,
strangeness
(unusualness as a consequence of not being well known)
S:
(n)
oddity
,
queerness
,
quirk
,
quirkiness
,
crotchet
(a strange attitude or habit)
S:
(n)
eeriness
,
ghostliness
(strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear)
S:
(n)
abnormality
,
freakishness
(marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal)
S:
(n)
singularity
(strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual)
S:
(n)
outlandishness
,
bizarreness
,
weirdness
(strikingly out of the ordinary)
S:
(n)
quaintness
(strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned)
"some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness"
S:
(n)
eccentricity
(strange and unconventional behavior)
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
curio
,
curiosity
,
oddity
,
oddment
,
peculiarity
,
rarity
(something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting)