Both Uses of
eccentric
in
Notes from the Underground
- I loved to fall into the common rut, and had a whole-hearted terror of any kind of eccentricity in myself.†
Chpt 2.1 *eccentricity = unconventional or strange behavior
- The most eccentric things may happen.†
Chpt 2.5
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".