what does eccentric mean?
ECCENTRIC as NOUN
- Meaning
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
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- a real character
- a strange character
- a friendly eccentric
- the capable type
- a mental case
Hypernyms(s) eccentric is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
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Hypernyms(s) eccentric is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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ECCENTRIC as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- not having a common center
- not concentric
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- Meaning
- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
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- restaurants of bizarre design–one like a hat, another like a rabbit
- famed for his eccentric spelling
- a freakish combination of styles
- his off-the-wall antics
- the outlandish clothes of teena
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