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oddball

/ˈɑdbˌɔl/ やや難 頻度 13186位

意味

  1. 偏屈な人,つむじ曲がり
  2. 偏屈な,風変りな

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語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

Compound of odd + ball. First used in late 1930s, describing an extra ball played as a bonus in pin-ball type games. Well-attested since the 1940s, with the adjective appearing earlier than the noun.

出典: Wiktionary「oddball」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

辞書順で近い単語

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