eccentric

ec-cen-tric · adjective

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Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    (Of a person or behavior) unconventional and slightly strange.

  2. 2.

    (Technical) Not placed centrally or not having its axis in the center.

  3. 3.

    A person with unconventional or strange behavior.

Related words

Antonyms: conventional, normal, ordinary
See also: eccentricy, odd, quirky, unconventional
Synonyms: idiosyncratic, odd, peculiar, quirky, unconventional

Etymology

From Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros meaning "out of center," from ek- meaning "out of" and kentron meaning "center." Originally an astronomical term before developing the sense of "unconventional."