oddball

angla

Etymology

Compound of odd +‎ ball. Attested since the 1940s, with the adjective appearing earlier than the noun.

Pronunciation

IFA: usona  ˈɑːdˌbɔl 

 Substantivo

Angla substantivo English noun
Singularo	Pluralo
oddball	oddballs

Signifoj

1. bizara; bizarulo; stranga; strangulo

1. An eccentric or unusual person.
   • 1989, Maris Soule, Storybook Hero, page 5:

     "She's different, mister. A real oddball, if you know what I mean. But your little girl would love her. All kids love the Doll Lady."

2. luksemburga A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

Tradukoj

 eccentric person  

Chinese: Mandarin:怪人 Czech: podivín → cs vira Dutch: kwast → nl French: excentrique → fr vira, olibrius → fr vira German: Spinner → de vira, Exzentriker → de vira Japanese: 変人 → ja

Norwegian: eksentriker → no Portuguese: excêntrico → pt vira Romanian: ciudat vira Russian: сумасбро́д → ru vira, чуда́к → ru vira, эксце́нтрик → ru vira Swedish: kuf → sv c

Vidu ankaŭ

• weirdo
• queer fish

Adjective

1. Exotic, not mainstream.
   • 1984, Steven K. Roberts, The Complete Guide to Microsystem Management:

     An oddball word processor, for example, might never be supported by such helpful tools as spelling checkers, indexing programs, footnote utilities,...