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ecˈcentrical
[f. as prec. + -ical.]
†1.
a. = eccentric A. 1. Also fig.
b. Pertaining to an eccentric orbit. Obs.
1640Wilkins New Planet x. (1707) 262 Supposing the Earth to move in an Eccentrical Orb about the Sun. 1641Milton Ch. Govt. i. (1851) 98 With a kinde of eccentricall equation. 1646W. Dell Right Reformation *Whose..interest is excentricall from the..interest of the kingdoms. 1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iv. 62 Why in the knotts of Deal..the Circles are often eccentrical. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 208 For want of some pregnant Principles..they [Physicians]..are mostwhat eccentrical to the truth.
2. Out of the regular track; exceptional, irregular.
a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. ix. ix. (1859) 445 An all-seeing eye..governs the most eccentrical motions of creatures. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. (1704) III. xv. 490 There were..many illegal and eccentrical Proceedings. 1768Blackstone Comm. II. 3 There is allowed in those cases an extrajudicial or eccentrical kind of remedy. 1827Pollok Course T. ii, Vanity to be Renowned for creed eccentrical. 1845Petrie Round Towers Irel. 29 Tops either pointed, or truncated at the summit, and ornamented with something eccentrical. |