oddment Meaning & Definition

Oddment Definition (Noun)

1. A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.

   an oddment of ribbon / of wood

2. Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
3. An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
4. A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
5. A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
6. A varied collection (of items).
7. A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
8. Something strange or unusual.
9. ↑ N. H. Mager, Prentice Hall Encyclopedic Dictionary of English Usage, 1993, p. 263: “oddment part of a broken set.”
10. ↑ A. M. Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language, New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, 1897, Ine-Rhe,
11. ↑ R. Terry Ellmore, NTC’s Mass Media Dictionary, Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, 1991, p. 401: “oddment […] Separate parts of a book, other than text.”
12. ↑ Bryham Kirkby, Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in Cumberland and Westmorland, Kendal: T. Wilson, 1898, p. 109: “ODDMENT—One slightly defective in mental power.”