ODDMENT


Meaning of ODDMENT in English

ˈädmənt noun

( -s )

Etymology: odd (I) + -ment

1. oddments plural : odds and ends

clawing the oddments out of his pockets — Verne Athanas

2.

a. : something left over or remaining or isolated (as a garment or piece of goods from a larger stock, a book from a complete set)

an oddment sale

— usually used in plural

a display of oddments

b. : a garment designed for casual or otherwise informal wear

frivolous oddments for summer — New Yorker

— usually used in plural

3. chiefly Britain

a. : a page (as the title page) of a book that does not carry the actual text or other central material — usually used in plural

b. oddments plural : pages of a book remaining over after complete sections are made up

4. : something odd : oddity — usually used in plural

a museum where were gathered those oddments that rich men seem disposed to accumulate — Agnes M. Cleaveland

various oddments of humanity — G.F.Whicher

explains some nice oddments of behavior — Russell Lynes

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.