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Definition of Odd fish
1. Noun. Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.
Generic synonyms: Anomaly, Unusual Person
Derivative terms: Kooky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odd Fish
Literary usage of Odd fish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt, Charles Herbert Clark, Mrs. Sophia M'Ilvaine (Bledsoe) Herrick, Asa Gray (1885)
"odd fish IN THE VEGETABLE WORLD. I MUST begin by telling you that these " odd
fish " are very little fish indeed, so small that you could not make out ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1893)
"CHANCE SHOTS AND odd fish. THE gun and the rod were formerly used by the working
classes far more than they are at the present time. ..."
3. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1872)
"25 n 8 <• odd fish. 7 11 с Noticies about, 8 a 4 f on Pond Fish, 8 о 10 e Bucks
County Constabulary, Grant of Increased Pay, 17 о 8/ Builders' Benevolent ..."
4. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1873)
"AN odd fish WALES has always been a country of wonders. Its inhabitants possess
a vividness of imagination, and an aptitude for the reception of the ..."
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