All 6 Uses of
eccentric
in
Jane Eyre
- which, when first heard, had thrilled me: I heard, too, her eccentric murmurs; stranger than her laugh.†
p. 130.3
- Besides, the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on.†
p. 142.0 *eccentricity = unconventional or strange behavior
- Mr. Rochester is an amateur of the decided and eccentric: Grace is eccentric at least.†
p. 182.2
- Mr. Rochester is an amateur of the decided and eccentric: Grace is eccentric at least.†
p. 182.3
- I am afraid your principles on some points are eccentric.†
p. 303.8
- I imagine he did not think I was a beggar, but only an eccentric sort of lady, who had taken a fancy to his brown loaf.†
p. 378.9
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".