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eccentric

ec·cent·ric

UK/ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/ US/ɛkˈsɛntɹɪk/ fairly common slang
adjective (2) noun (2)

adjective

1.

conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual

  • “restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit”
  • “famed for his eccentric spelling”
  • “a freakish combination of styles”
  • “his off-the-wall antics”
  • “the outlandish clothes of teenagers”
  • “outre and affected stage antics”
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2.

not having a common center; not concentric

  • “eccentric circles”
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noun

1.
2.

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

  • “a real character”
  • “a strange character”
  • “a friendly eccentric”
  • “the capable type”
  • “a mental case”
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Origin

From Middle French excentrique, from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros, “not having the earth as the center of an orbit”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “point”).

Phrases

  • eccentric abstraction
  • eccentric anomaly
  • eccentric contraction
  • eccentric flint
  • eccentric hypertrophy
  • eccentric kangaroo unicycle
  • strange person

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