eccentric

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
2. Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
3. Having a different center; not concentric.
4. Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
5. Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
6. Having different goals or motives.
7. Having or being an oospore with a single large oil globule on one side that displaces much of the ooplasm and forces the ooplasts to one side.

Noun

1. One who does not behave like others.
2. (slang) A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
3. A circle not having the same centre as another.
4. A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
5. An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.

Sinonieme

strange

odd

queer

bizarre

peculiar

weird

oddball

unusual

crank

unconventional

outlandish

curious

wacky

crazy

extraordinary

freaky

character

case

unorthodox

original

fantastic

mad

funny

😄

flaky

abnormal

outre

exceptional

off-the-wall

cranky

insane

nonconcentric

extravagant

freakish

type

freak

formidable

different

atheistic

pleasure

flake

capricious

quaint

kinky

crackpot

amusing

kook

hilarious

geek

idiosyncratic

individualistic

Vertalings

excentrique

eccentrico

exzentrisch

excêntrico

excéntrico

excèntric

acayip

estrany

👽

raro

εκκεντρικός

extraño

estranho

Exzentriker

gek

wunderlich

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/

Etimologie (Engels)

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”). Equivalent to ex- + -centric.