Odd — Defs

01 a. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.

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.” — Shak.
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.” — T. Burnet.

“There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads that you remember not.” — Shak.
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.
“The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius.” — Ascham.

“Patients have sometimes coveted odd things.” — Arbuthnot.

“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.” — Spectator.