All 4 Uses of
eccentric
in
Summer Pleasures, by Nora Roberts
- Some said his life-style was calculated...that he created the image of an eccentric for effect.
Chpt Prol. *eccentric = a person who is unconventional or strange
- Perhaps one of the first things you should know about me is I'm eccentric.†
Chpt 1.4
- If a people accepts their own eccentricities, they can justify anything they do.†
Chpt 1.4eccentricities = unconventional or strange behaviors
- What he hadn't known was that she was the daughter of a painter and a poet, both eccentric and semi-successful residents of Carmel.†
Chpt 2.3
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".