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# eccentric

adjective (eccentric; more eccentric); noun (an eccentric, eccentrics)

«eccentric» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An eccentric person behaves in an unusual, strange but usually harmless way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#m1)
2. (noun) An eccentric is such a person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#m2)
3. (maths/science) Eccentric describes a circle or orbit that is not centred, or an oval path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories eccentric characters are odd, funny or mysterious, like inventors with wild hair. Phrases: «a bit eccentric», «an eccentric old man».

### Examples

- Our neighbour is a bit eccentric — he walks his cat on a lead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x1)
- The eccentric inventor built a flying bicycle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x2)
- She wears eccentric hats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x3)
- The village was full of lovable eccentrics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x4)
- The professor had eccentric habits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x5)
- Some planets have an eccentric orbit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x6)
- Many of them were very aged; lonely old boys, with strange thoughts and eccentric habits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x7)

### Note

Starts with «ec-»: ec-CEN-tric. Not rude like «crazy»; it is gentle. Noun: eccentricity. A/an: «an eccentric».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «eccentric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eccentric» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/eccentric.html) on Mova free.