oddball
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angla[redakti]
- Etymology
- Compound of odd + ball. Attested since the 1940s, with the adjective appearing earlier than the noun.
Substantivo[redakti]
Angla substantivo English noun | |
Singularo | Pluralo |
oddball | oddballs |

Signifoj
[redakti]

- bizara; bizarulo; stranga; strangulo
- 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."
- luksemburga A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

Tradukoj
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eccentric person
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Adjective[redakti]
- 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,...