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Meanings of eccentric in English
Portuguese
excêntrico Catalan
excèntric Not having a common center; not concentric.
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Russian
эксцентрик Circular disk rigidly fixed to a rotating axle with its centre offset from that of the axle.
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Usage of eccentric in English
1
His 'eccentric' family travelled a great deal when he was a child.
2
People who met my parents said they reminded them of eccentric vaudevillians.'
3
Nonetheless, Chelsea's approach to a game of potential difficulties had been eccentric.
4
That's a much bigger challenge than making outrageous eccentric statements, Morrow said.
5
Memory, she knew-especiallywhen you were her age-wasnothing if not eccentric.
6
According to Martin, the eccentric office environment is still alive as well.
7
This was seen by pundit-world as a very eccentric view in 2014.
8
There was nothing of the dreamer in his make-up, the eccentric idealist.
9
In Italy the thing was not believed, so eccentric did it seem.
10
But the eccentric character had to do things in his own way.
11
But the Clementine version is in any case too eccentric to stand.
12
And the story of the town is as eccentric as its appearance.
13
The citizens of Brussels contemplated with dismay the eccentric and threatening apparition.
14
Nothing fits in with one's eccentric custom; everything conspires to discourage it.
15
James enters the London theatre, working with the eccentric genius Joan Littlewood.
16
But then, that's part of your charm: you've always been completely eccentric.
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Translations for eccentric
Russian
Eccentric through the time
Eccentric across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common