All 3 Uses of
eccentric
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Thus we came to know Dill as a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies.
p. 9.0eccentric = strange
- After nine hours of listening to the eccentricities of Old Sarum's inhabitants, Judge Taylor threw the case out of court.
p. 188.2eccentricities = strange behaviors
- ...and our classmates mercifully let us forget our father's eccentricities.
p. 287.6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(eccentric) unconventional or strange; or a person with such traits -- often in a way that seems interesting or harmless
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, in technical usage, eccentric can mean "not concentric".