oddball

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noun

A person who is appealingly odd or curious: character, oddity, original. Informal card. See usual/unusual.

noun and adjective
noun and adjective, orig US

An eccentric or unconventional person. Also as adjective. Cf. screwball noun. (1948 —) .
M. Truman Earlier in 1946 an oddball broke into the National Gallery and cut a hole in Dad's portrait (1973).

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• Behavior or Personality
• Insanity - oddball: Informal. eccentric or abnormal individual

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See words rhyming with "oddball."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - original, skør kugle
adj. - skør

Nederlands (Dutch)
zonderling, rare snuiter

Français (French)
n. - farfelu
adj. - farfelu

Deutsch (German)
n. - komischer Kauz
adj. - seltsam

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκκεντρικός
adj. - εκκεντρικός, ιδιόρρυθμος

Italiano (Italian)
eccentrico, stravagante, originale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - excêntrico (m)

Русский (Russian)
чудак

Español (Spanish)
n. - excéntrico, pájaro raro
adj. - excéntrico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - underlig kuf
adj. - kufisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
古怪, 奇怪, 古怪的, 奇怪的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 古怪, 奇怪
adj. - 古怪的, 奇怪的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 괴벽스런 사람
adj. - 괴짜의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 変わり者, 変人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الغريب الأطوار (صفه) غريب الأطوار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טיפוס מוזר, טיפוס מיוחד‬
adj. - ‮משונה‬

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