Definitionen
1.NounA part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth."an oddment of ribbon / of wood"
2.NounSomething that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
3.NounAn item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
4.NounA part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
5.NounA person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
6.NounA varied collection (of items).
7.NounA remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
8.NounSomething strange or unusual.
9.Noun↑ N. H. Mager, Prentice Hall Encyclopedic Dictionary of English Usage, 1993, p. 263: “oddment part of a broken set.”
10.Noun↑ A. M. Hunter and Charles Morris, Universal Dictionary of the English Language, New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, 1897, Ine-Rhe,
11.Noun↑ 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.Noun↑ 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.”