See oddball on Wiktionary
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"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чешит"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guàirén",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "怪人"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podivín"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "kwast"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "excentrique"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "olibrius"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sonderling"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Exzentriker"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "csodabogár"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "különc"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "miring"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "cudakka"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sagoma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tomo"
},
{
"alt": "へんじん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "henjin",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "変人"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "čúdak",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чу́дак"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "whanokē"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "korokē"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "eksentriker"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Jräp"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"word": "dziwak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "excêntrico"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciudat"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sumasbród",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сумасбро́д"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čudák",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "чуда́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ekscéntrik",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "эксце́нтрик"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "čudák"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "eccentric person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kuf"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"oddball"
],
"word": "oddball"
}
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"Rhymes:English/ɑːdbɔl",
"Rhymes:English/ɑːdbɔl/2 syllables",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Ingrian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"en:People",
"en:Personality"
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "odd",
"3": "ball"
},
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"name": "compound"
}
],
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"categories": [
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{
"ref": "1984, Steven K. Roberts, The Complete Guide to Microsystem Management:",
"text": "An oddball word processor, for example, might never be supported by such helpful tools as spelling checkers, indexing programs, footnote utilities,...",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Exotic, not mainstream."
],
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[
"Exotic",
"exotic"
],
[
"mainstream",
"mainstream"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɑːdˌbɔl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːdbɔl"
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],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ekscentričen",
"sense": "exotic, not mainstream",
"word": "ексцентричен"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "exotic, not mainstream",
"word": "whanokē"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "exotic, not mainstream",
"word": "osobliwy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "exotic, not mainstream",
"word": "nietuzinkowy"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"oddball"
],
"word": "oddball"
}
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