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| 1. | [ adjective ] conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | |
| Synonyms: | bizarre flaky freaky outlandish outre freakish | |
| Examples: | "restaurants of bizarre design" "famed for his eccentric spelling" "a freakish combination of styles" "the outlandish clothes of teenagers" "outre and affected stage antics" |
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| Related terms: | unconventional | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | |
| Synonyms: | bizarre freaky freakish off-the-wall outlandish outre flaky | |
| Examples: | "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 teen |
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| Related terms: | unconventional | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (sociology) a person with an unusual or odd personality | |
| Synonyms: | oddball geek flake eccentric_person | |
| Related terms: | anomaly crackpot nutter | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not having a common center; not concentric | |
| Synonyms: | nonconcentric | |
| Examples: | "eccentric circles" |
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| Related terms: | concentric off-center off-center acentric | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | |
| Synonyms: | type character case | |
| Examples: | "a real character" "a strange character" "a friendly eccentric" "the capable type" "a mental case" |
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| Related terms: | adult type | |
| Similar spelling: |
eccentricity |
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