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单词 oddship
释义

oddship

English

Alternative forms

  • Oddship

Etymology

From odd + -ship.

Noun

oddship (plural oddships)

  1. (rare, humorous) oddity, often used as a form of address.
    • 1928, Booklets - Volume 49:
      It appears, to be but yesterday that there stepped from this Chair one of the weightiest Oddships of modern times who now reposes under the shade of an equally gigantic umbrella.
    • 2011, Alec Waugh, My Brother Evelyn & Other Profiles:
      Each member has a special cognomen and is known and addressed as Brother Idler, Brother Spectator, or Corinthian. The president is called 'His Oddship'.
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