■ adjective
1》 unusual or unexpected; strange.
2》 (of whole numbers such as 3 and 5) having one left over as a remainder when divided by two.
↘denoting a single goal by which one side defeats another in a game where three or more goals are scored.
3》 [in combination ] in the region of: fifty-~ years.
4》 occasional: we have the ~ drink together.
↘spare; unoccupied: an ~ five minutes.
5》 detached from a pair or set.
Phrases
~ one out a person or thing differing in some way from the other members of a group or set.
Derivatives
~ish adjective
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
ME: from ON ~a- , found in combinations such as ~a-mathr 'third or ~ man', from ~i 'angle'.