Both Uses of
eccentric
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- He might with equal probability have been an eccentric landowner or a gentlemanly ploughman.†
Chpt 3 *
- The air, afflicted to pallor with the hoary multitudes that infested it, twisted and spun them eccentrically, suggesting an achromatic chaos of things.†
Chpt 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".