eccentricadjective
uk/ɪkˈsen.trɪk/us/ɪkˈsen.trɪk/eccentric adjective (STRANGE)
strange or unusual, sometimes in a humorous way:
eccentric behaviour
eccentric clothes
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- add
- bizarre
- curious
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- kinky
- kooky
- like nothing (else) on earth idiom
- like nothing on earth idiom
- not add up idiom
- peculiarly
- random
- rum
- sicko
- singularity
- singularly
- weird
- whacky
- whimsical
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eccentric adjective (NOT CIRCULAR)
specialized mathematics not perfectly circular
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Geometry: properties of circles & curves
- amplitude
- arc
- arched
- belly
- circumference
- circumferential
- concave
- concentric
- convex
- curve
- curvy
- gauge
- geodesic
- globular
- helix
- incisura
- parabola
- round
- rounded
- sinuous
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eccentrically
adverb uk/ɪkˈsen.trɪ.kəl.i/us/ɪkˈsen.trɪ.kəl.i/
eccentricnoun [ C ]
uk/ɪkˈsen.trɪk/us/ɪkˈsen.trɪk/someone who behaves in an eccentric way:
My mother is something of an eccentric.
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Strange, suspicious and unnatural things and people
- alien
- anomaly
- Dalek
- deviant
- fairy
- fish
- Frankenstein
- Martian
- monster
- mutant
- oddball
- oddity
- perv
- quirk
- screwball
- time traveller
- twilight
- twilight zone idiom
- wacko
- weirdo
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