eccentric
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eccentric /ɪkˈsɛntrɪk, ɛk-/
▶adjective
- 1 unconventional and slightly strange.
- 2 technical not placed centrally or not having its axis placed centrally.
■ (of an orbit) not circular, especially to a marked degree.
- 1 an eccentric person.
- 2 a cam or other part mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion.
– derivatives
eccentrically adverb,
eccentricity noun (pl. eccentricities).
eccentrically adverb,
eccentricity noun (pl. eccentricities).
– origin ME: via late L. from Gk ekkentros, from ek ‘out of’ + kentron ‘centre’.
'eccentric' also found in these Oxford entries:
bat
- character actor
- comet
- coot
- crackpot
- crank
- cranky
- daffy
- dag
- ding-a-ling
- dingbat
- dippy
- dotty
- flake
- flaky
- fruitcake
- fruity
- funny
- goofy
- goon
- headbanger
- kook
- kooky
- lunatic fringe
- madcap
- mentalist
- nut
- nutso
- nutter
- oddball
- off-kilter
- original
- quiz
- screw
- screwball
- screwy
- singular
- squirrelly
- throw
- view
- wack
- wall
- weirdo
