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Eccentric

ɪkˈsɛntrɪk

Eccentric definitions

adjective

Inflections:

eccentric

(of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange

"he noted her eccentric appearance"

Synonyms:
unconventional uncommon abnormal irregular aberrant anomalous odd queer strange peculiar weird bizarre off-centre outlandish freakish extraordinary
not placed centrally or not having its axis or other part placed centrally

"a servo driving an eccentric cam"
- (of a circle) not centred on the same point as another
- (of an orbit) not circular

noun

Inflections:

eccentric eccentrics

a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour

"he's seen as a local eccentric"

Synonyms:
oddity character individualist individual free spirit misfit unorthodox person odd fellow one-off
a disc or wheel mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion, e.g. a cam in an internal combustion engine