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    Eccentric

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a person with an unusual or odd personality 2 | noun | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) 3 | adjective | conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual 4 | adjective | not having a common center; not concentric

    Pronunciation

    iks'entrik (IPA: ɪksˈɛntrɪk)

    Hyphenation

    ec-cen-tric (9 letters | 3 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1398 (Late Middle ages) (627 years ago)

    Word frequency history

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    eccentrics

    Synonyms

    eccentric person | oddball | case | character | type | bizarre | flakey | flaky | freakish | freaky | gonzo | off-the-wall | outlandish | outre | nonconcentric (total: 15)

    Antonym

    concentric

    Narrower terms

    crackpot | fruitcake | nutter | screwball | wacko | whacko (total: 6)

    Broader terms

    anomaly | unusual person | adult | grownup (total: 4)

    Rhymes

    anthropocentric | concentric | egocentric | ethnocentric | geocentric (total: 5) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    egocentric

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrase

    eccentric person

    Translations

    Spanish: | chiflado (behavior) | caprichoso (behavior) | raro (behavior) | excéntrico (behavior) | raro (weird) | extraño (weird) | original (man) | excéntrico (man) | original (woman) | excéntrica (woman) | chiflada (woman) French: | capricieux (behavior) | excentrique (behavior) | bizarre (behavior) | bizarre (weird) | étrange (weird) | original (man) | excentrique (man) | originale (woman) | excentrique (woman) | numéro (woman) | phénomène (woman) | loufoque (woman) Portuguese: | esquisito (behavior) | estranho (behavior) | excêntrico (behavior) | esquisito (weird) | excêntrico (weird) | estranho (weird) | estranho (man) | excêntrico (man) | esquisito (man) | figura (man) | estranha (woman) | excêntrica (woman) | esquisita (woman) | figura (woman) German: | exzentrisch (behavior) | grillenhaft (behavior) | launenhaft (behavior) | eigenartig (weird) | sonderbar (weird) | Original (man) | Sonderling (man) | Original (woman) | Sonderling (woman) | Exzentrikerin (woman) Japanese: | 変 (adjectival nouns) | 變 (out-dated kana) | 一風 (common noun) | 変人 (common noun) | 奇抜 (adjectival nouns) | 奇矯 (adjectival nouns) | 奇骨 (common noun) | 異様 (adjectival nouns) | 矯激 (adjectival nouns) | 奇なる (noun or verb) | 左巻き (common noun) | 風変り (adjectival nouns) | 可笑しい (adjective) | 奇怪しい (irregular kanji) | 常識外れ (nouns) | 振るった (expression) | 風がわり (adjectival nouns) | 風変わり (adjectival nouns) | 一風変った (noun or verb) | 常識はずれ (nouns) | 旋毛曲がり (adjectival nouns) | つむじ曲がり (adjectival nouns) | 一風変わった (noun or verb)

    Other notable uses

    eccentric.com | eccentric.net | eccentric.org | eccentric.info | eccentric.biz (total: 5)

    Crossword puzzle clue

    Like a three-dollar bill (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    15 (International English) | 15 (North American English)

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