Sample sentences for ECCENTRIC

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Definition

unconventional or strange; or a person with such traits

Much more rarely, in technical usage, eccentric can mean "not concentric".

She's a little eccentric, but we don't mind because she's the best player on the team.

eccentric = unconventional or strange

eccentric = unconventional or strange

In this country, eccentricity is not a punishable offense.
She can afford eccentricity.
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
Edith Sitwell
But Mabel put the capital E in eccentric, especially in this small, conservative southern town, and it wasn't simply because she had a couple of harmless quirks.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian

eccentric = unconventional or strange

he is a very rich Englishman, eccentric almost to insanity, and his real name is Lord Wilmore.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo

eccentric = unconventional

He's quite elderly, you know. And eccentric, the way rich people sometimes are.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park

eccentric = obviously unconventional or strange

One might say he typified the phrase 'eccentric genius.'
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake

eccentric = unconventional or strange

Sure, my dad has a drinking problem and my mom can be a little eccentric, but they make sacrifices for me.
Sherman Alexie -- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

eccentric = unconventional or strange

Now that Ruth could no longer blame her mother's problems on the eccentricities of her personality, she saw the signs of dementia everywhere.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter

eccentricities = unconventional or strange behaviors

He was rather eccentric, a little crazy, I think.
Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World

eccentric = unconventional or strange

It may occur to you that I am eccentric, perhaps mad.
Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot

eccentric = unconventional or strange

Well, how can any one tell what's eccentric and what's crazy?
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night

eccentric = unconventional or strange

She announced to her husband (whom she now considered a difficult drunk rather than an eccentric) that she was leaving him.
Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being

eccentric = unconventional or strange

eccentric = unconventional or strange

With time, the queries about our adopted— and decidedly eccentric—little boy had mercifully ceased, and, considering how tactless Afghan queries can be sometimes, that was a considerable relief.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner

eccentric = unconventional or strange

...and our classmates mercifully let us forget our father's eccentricities.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

eccentricities = strange behaviors

The Dutch Tulip Man has lots of money and very eccentric ideas about how to treat cancer, but Anna thinks this guy might be a con man and possibly not even Dutch,...
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

eccentric = unconventional (unusual)

month after month she became more eccentric and unreliable.
E.M. Forster -- A Room With A View

eccentric = unconventional or strange

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