Odd
Odd (od) , adjective
[Old English odde, from Icelandic oddi a tongue of land, a triangle, an odd number (from the third or odd angle, or point, of a triangle), orig., a point, tip; akin to Icelandic oddr point, point of a weapon, Swedish udda odd, udd point, Danish od, AS. ord, Old High German ort, German ort place (compare English point, for change of meaning).]
1.
Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.
2.
Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.
3.
Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.
Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was made, it was destroyed in a deluge.
There are yet missing of your company
Some few odd lads that you remember not.
4.
Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.
5.
Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.
An odd action.
An odd expression.
The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius.
Patients have sometimes coveted odd things.
Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings.