eccentric
/ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/ noun C1- One who does not behave like others.
- A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
- A circle not having the same centre as another.
- A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
- An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.
Plural eccentrics
From the library
“Doubtless you wish to make me appear a very eccentric character.
And did the eccentric person commit any new originality?”
“Because, my dear fellow, you understand one must never be eccentric.
His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge which would astonish his professors.”
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