All 3 Uses of
eccentric
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Moreover, the artist's eerie eccentricities projected an admittedly demonic aura: Da Vinci exhumed corpses to study human anatomy; he kept mysterious journals in illegible reverse handwriting; he believed he possessed the alchemic power to turn lead into gold and even cheat God by creating an elixir to postpone death; and his inventions included horrific, never-before-imagined weapons of war and torture.†
Chpt 8
- The Church of Saint-Sulpice, it is said, has the most eccentric history of any building in Paris.
Chpt 19-20 *eccentric = strange
- Your honor, forgive an eccentric old knight his foolish prejudice for the British court system.†
Chpt 79-80
Definition:
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(eccentric) unconventional or strange; or a person with such traits