[ec.cen.tric] adj [ME, fr. ML eccentricus, fr. Gk ekkentros, fr. ex out of + kentron center] (ca. 1630) 1 a: deviating from an established or usual pattern or style b: deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct esp. in odd or whimsical ways
2. a: deviating from a circular path; esp: elliptical 1 "an ~ orbit" b: located elsewhere than at the geometrical center; also: having the axis or support so located "an ~ wheel" syn see strange -- ec.cen.tri.cal.ly adv
[2]eccentric n (1827) 1: a mechanical device consisting of a disk through which a shaft is keyed eccentrically and a circular strap which works freely round the rim of the disk for communicating its motion to one end of a rod whose other end is constrained to move in a straight line so as to produce reciprocating motion
2: an eccentric person