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fantastical1531

= fantastic, adj. 4.

odd1577

Of persons, their actions, etc.: strange in behaviour or appearance; peculiar; eccentric; unexpected.

eccentric1685

figurative. Regulated by no central control. Of persons and personal attributes: Deviating from usual methods, odd, whimsical.

fanaticized1827

cranky1850

Mentally out of gear; crotchety, ‘queer’; subject to whims or ‘cranks’; eccentric or peculiar in notions or behaviour. Cf. crank, n.2 4 5.

bee-bonneted1856

having a bee in his bonnet, somewhat crazed.

cornery1887

Abounding in corners. Also figurative.

screwy1887

colloquial (originally U.S.). Insane, crazy; eccentric; ridiculous.

kinky1889

figurative (colloquial) ‘Queer, eccentric, crotchety’ (Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 1860): cf. kink, n.1 2.

crankish1892

Somewhat cranky; inclined to cranks.

ratty1895

Australian colloquial. Mad, mentally deranged; eccentric; silly; (also) with over (also on, about): infatuated with.

batchy1898

= batty, adj.; dotty.

batsc1901

Colloquial phrase (to have) bats in the belfry: (to be) crazy or eccentric. Similarly (rare) to take the bats. Hence bats = batty, adj., used esp…

batty1903

‘Balmy’, ‘dotty’. (Cf. bat, n.1 b) colloquial or slang.

potty1920

Crazy, mad; out of one's mind; eccentric, ‘dotty’.

offbeat1922

colloquial (originally U.S.). Unusual, unconventional; strange, eccentric.

off-centre1930

Not quite in the centre; (figurative) not conforming to the expected or the norm; quirky, eccentric, odd.

wacky1935

Crazy, mad; odd, peculiar. Of persons.

screwball1936

colloquial. Crazy, insane; eccentric.

up the creek1941

As part of a river or river-system. up the creek: (a) in a tight corner, in trouble; spec. pregnant; (b) crazy, eccentric. slang.

oddball1945

Eccentric, strange; bizarre, peculiar.

wackadoo1958

Crazy, mad; eccentric. Cf. wacko, adj.

kooky1959

Cranky, crazy, eccentric.

wiggy1963

Mad, crazy, ‘freaky’. U.S. slang.

flaky1964

slang (originally U.S.). Of a person: liable to act in an odd or eccentric manner (as though exhausted or under the influence of drink or drugs)…

nutball1968

Mad, crazy; eccentric.

woo-woo1971

Designating a person or group holding beliefs or following practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to…

wacko1977

Crazy, mad; eccentric.

off-kilter1985

Uneven, unbalanced, distorted; (also) unconventional, offbeat, eccentric.

wackadoodle1993

= wackadoo, adj.

fantastic-

Of persons, their actions and attributes. Having a lively imagination; imaginative (obs.).

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