eccentric

Meaning

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.

strange

odd

nonconcentric

eccentric person

excenric

odd fellow

odd character

different from others

far-fetched

queer fellow

singular man

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/

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.

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