OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 10808

eccentric

/ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
excéntrico
Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
1801, Author not named, Fyfield (John), entry in Eccentric Biography; Or, Sketches of Remarkable Characters, Ancient and Modern, page 127, He was a man of a most eccentric turn of…
Such is not the case with Mr. Martin Van Butchell, one of the most eccentric characters to be found in the British metropolis, and a gentleman of indisputable science and abilities…