ECCENTRIC


Meaning of ECCENTRIC in English

/ ɪkˈsentrɪk; NAmE / adjective

considered by other people to be strange or unusual :

eccentric behaviour / clothes

an eccentric aunt

►  ec·cen·tric noun :

Most people considered him a harmless eccentric.

►  ec·cen·tric·al·ly / -kli; NAmE / adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (as a noun denoting a circle or orbit not having the earth precisely at its centre): via late Latin from Greek ekkentros , from ek out of + kentron centre.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.