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eccentric
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of ECCENTRIC
[more eccentric; most eccentric]
1
a : tending to act in strange or unusual ways（行为）古怪的，怪异的，异乎寻常的
- He was a kind but eccentric man.他是个和善但古怪的人。
- an eccentric inventor怪异的发明家
- She's become more eccentric over the years.这些年来她变得越发古怪了。
b : strange or unusual古怪的；不同寻常的
- eccentric behavior/ideas古怪的行为/想法
- eccentric clothes奇装异服
2
technical : not following a perfectly circular path非正圆的
- an eccentric orbit非正圆的轨道
2 eccentric /ɪkˈsɛntrɪk/ noun
plural eccentrics
2 eccentric
/ɪkˈsɛntrɪk/
noun
plural eccentrics
Learner's definition of ECCENTRIC
[count]
: a person who acts in strange or unusual ways : an eccentric person行为古怪的人
- a wealthy eccentric 一个富有的怪人
ec·cen·tric ik-ˈsen-trik 
ek-
1
a
: deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways
b
: deviating from an established or usual pattern or style
2
: a mechanical device consisting of an eccentric (see eccentric entry 1 sense 2b) disk communicating its motion to a rod so as to produce reciprocating motion
Did you know?
Eccentric was originally a technical term at home in the fields of geometry and astronomy. It comes from a Latin word meaning “not having the earth at its center,” and ultimately has its root in a Greek word with various meanings including “stationary point of a pair of compasses” and “midpoint of a circle or sphere.” But its figurative use is long-established too: as far back as the 17th century the word was used to describe people and things that deviate from what is conventional, usual, or accepted.
Synonyms
Adjective
- bizarre
- bizarro
- cranky
- crazy
- curious
- erratic
- far-out
- funky
- funny
- kinky
- kooky
- kookie
- odd
- off-kilter
- off-the-wall
- offbeat
- out-of-the-way
- outlandish
- outré
- peculiar
- quaint
- queer
- queerish
- quirky
- remarkable
- rum [chiefly British]
- screwy
- spaced-out
- strange
- wacky
- whacky
- way-out
- weird
- weirdo
- wild
Noun
- character
- codger
- crack
- crackbrain
- crackpot
- crank
- flake
- fruitcake
- head case
- kook
- nut
- nutcase
- nutter [British slang]
- oddball
- oddity
- original
- quiz
- screwball
- weirdo
- zany
Example Sentences
Adjective It was Charles Darwin's eccentric mathematician cousin Francis Galton who in 1874 ignited the nature-nurture controversy. … 
Matt Ridley, Time, 2 June 2003 Eccentric drifters that normally roam the farthest reaches of the solar system, these daredevils fly so close to the Sun that they pass through its scorching corona. Maggie McKee, Astronomy, December 2002 In the spit-and-polish Navy, he and his equally unkempt colleagues were regarded as eccentric. David M. Kennedy, Atlantic, March 1999 He was a kind but eccentric man. She's become more eccentric over the years. Noun It wasn't until she [Mother Teresa] had set up a leprosarium outside Calcutta on land provided by the government that I began to see her as an idealist rather than an eccentric. Bharati Mukherjee, Time, 14 June 1999 To his own townspeople Thoreau was a radical and an eccentric, a man without a vocation, supporting himself doing odd jobs, devoting himself to what seemed to them inconsequential rambles, and living like a hermit on the shores of Walden Pond. Maxine Kumin, In Deep, 1987 But Mozart was also an eccentric, brought up not as a creature of society but as a prodigious child speaking a language of sound. Mozart couldn't "handle people," as one former friend put it. Edward Rothstein, New York Times Book Review, 31 Oct. 1982 an eccentric who designed his house to look like a Scottish castle See More
Matt Ridley, Time, 2 June 2003 Eccentric drifters that normally roam the farthest reaches of the solar system, these daredevils fly so close to the Sun that they pass through its scorching corona. Maggie McKee, Astronomy, December 2002 In the spit-and-polish Navy, he and his equally unkempt colleagues were regarded as eccentric. David M. Kennedy, Atlantic, March 1999 He was a kind but eccentric man. She's become more eccentric over the years. Noun It wasn't until she [Mother Teresa] had set up a leprosarium outside Calcutta on land provided by the government that I began to see her as an idealist rather than an eccentric. Bharati Mukherjee, Time, 14 June 1999 To his own townspeople Thoreau was a radical and an eccentric, a man without a vocation, supporting himself doing odd jobs, devoting himself to what seemed to them inconsequential rambles, and living like a hermit on the shores of Walden Pond. Maxine Kumin, In Deep, 1987 But Mozart was also an eccentric, brought up not as a creature of society but as a prodigious child speaking a language of sound. Mozart couldn't "handle people," as one former friend put it. Edward Rothstein, New York Times Book Review, 31 Oct. 1982 an eccentric who designed his house to look like a Scottish castle See More Recent Examples on the Web Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 As Kimye’s divorce grew more acrimonious, West transformed from a lovably eccentric patriarch—the kind of dad who surprised his kids by taking them to school in fire trucks—to the villain of the Kardashian universe. M. J. Corey, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2022 South African actor Gugwana Diamini is very funny as the eccentric Rafiki, Mufasa’s shaman baboon. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 That means pop-up events, growing classes, clothing products and creating memorable brands with eccentric logos that customers are already familiar with once there’s a legal route to sales. Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 The eccentric and hilarious co-founder of Frame took time off from building a mini skate ramp for his son in Amagansett to take over the new and trendy West Village restaurant, The Noortwyck. Olive Leatherwood, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2022 At the time, coverage of Chol Soo’s case in this newspaper and elsewhere tended to highlight J. Tony Serra, an eccentric former civil rights attorney who took on his case. Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Faull’s family sued the eccentric software guru John McAfee for Faull’s wrongful death in Orlando in November 2013, a year following Faull’s alleged murder. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2022 Momoa shows off his range in Slumberland with the often comedic role of an eccentric outlaw named Flip, who helps young Nemo (Marlow Barkley) navigate the dream world to be reunited with her late father. Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022 Slipping into a sheer trench coat, orange shirt-dress and pointed-toe calf-high boots, Mabel looks perfectly at home amongst both the stylish and the eccentric at Alice’s (Cara Delevingne) art gallery. Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 7 Dec. 2020 Perhaps no one appreciated it more than Thompson, Mychal’s son and Golden State’s adorable eccentric, a pure shooter who blew out his knee in the 2019 Finals, then tore his Achilles while rehabbing the knee. Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 June 2022 Highsmith was a genuine eccentric with an amazingly hectic love life. Riza Cruz, ELLE, 8 June 2022 Uncle Matthew, like many of the weirdo aristocrats in the Radletts’ circle, is an old-fashioned English eccentric: wealthy and supremely out of touch. Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 27 July 2021 Grainger deposited his luggage in the trunk of the car and, as was his wont, this most eccentric of all major composers jogged alongside the taxi to the train station. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 The game of baseball has always had a special place for the eccentric. Leigh Montville, WSJ, 26 May 2022 And this Spring/Summer 2022 is all about high/low, bold, the look for less and an abundance of attitude — a playground for the good, the great and the eccentric. Tyrus Townsend, Essence, 28 Apr. 2022 See More
Adjective
In May, an eccentric 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire named Sam Bankman-Fried made a startling proclamation. Freddy Brewster, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 As Kimye’s divorce grew more acrimonious, West transformed from a lovably eccentric patriarch—the kind of dad who surprised his kids by taking them to school in fire trucks—to the villain of the Kardashian universe. M. J. Corey, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2022 South African actor Gugwana Diamini is very funny as the eccentric Rafiki, Mufasa’s shaman baboon. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 That means pop-up events, growing classes, clothing products and creating memorable brands with eccentric logos that customers are already familiar with once there’s a legal route to sales. Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 The eccentric and hilarious co-founder of Frame took time off from building a mini skate ramp for his son in Amagansett to take over the new and trendy West Village restaurant, The Noortwyck. Olive Leatherwood, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2022 At the time, coverage of Chol Soo’s case in this newspaper and elsewhere tended to highlight J. Tony Serra, an eccentric former civil rights attorney who took on his case. Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Faull’s family sued the eccentric software guru John McAfee for Faull’s wrongful death in Orlando in November 2013, a year following Faull’s alleged murder. Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2022 Momoa shows off his range in Slumberland with the often comedic role of an eccentric outlaw named Flip, who helps young Nemo (Marlow Barkley) navigate the dream world to be reunited with her late father. Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 Noun
Finally, bold Mercury squares eccentric Uranus, creating an erratic atmosphere that must be navigated with patience. Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2022 Slipping into a sheer trench coat, orange shirt-dress and pointed-toe calf-high boots, Mabel looks perfectly at home amongst both the stylish and the eccentric at Alice’s (Cara Delevingne) art gallery. Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 7 Dec. 2020 Perhaps no one appreciated it more than Thompson, Mychal’s son and Golden State’s adorable eccentric, a pure shooter who blew out his knee in the 2019 Finals, then tore his Achilles while rehabbing the knee. Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 June 2022 Highsmith was a genuine eccentric with an amazingly hectic love life. Riza Cruz, ELLE, 8 June 2022 Uncle Matthew, like many of the weirdo aristocrats in the Radletts’ circle, is an old-fashioned English eccentric: wealthy and supremely out of touch. Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 27 July 2021 Grainger deposited his luggage in the trunk of the car and, as was his wont, this most eccentric of all major composers jogged alongside the taxi to the train station. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2022 The game of baseball has always had a special place for the eccentric. Leigh Montville, WSJ, 26 May 2022 And this Spring/Summer 2022 is all about high/low, bold, the look for less and an abundance of attitude — a playground for the good, the great and the eccentric. Tyrus Townsend, Essence, 28 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
borrowed from Medieval Latin ecentricus, excentricus "not concentric with another circle, (of a planetary orbit in Ptolemaic astronomy) not having the earth exactly at its center," from Late Latin eccentros, eccentrus "not having the earth at its center" (borrowed from Greek ékkentros, from ek- ec- + -kentros, adjective derivative of kéntron "sting, goad, point, stationary point of a pair of compasses, midpoint of a circle or sphere") + Latin -icus -ic entry 1 — more at center entry 1
Noun
Middle English excentryke "planetary orbit of which the earth is not the center," borrowed from Medieval Latin excentricus, noun derivative of ecentricus, excentricus "(of a planetary orbit in Ptolemaic astronomy) not having the earth exactly at its center" — more at eccentric entry 1
First Known Use
Adjective
circa 1630, in the meaning defined at sense 1b
Noun
1827, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Time Traveler
The first known use of eccentric was circa 1630 adjective
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