All 5 Uses of
eccentric
in
Underworld by DeLillo
- You're turning into an old eccentric.
*eccentric = someone who is unconventional or strange
- And did he become, could I imagine him as a runaway eccentric?†
- Called eccentric, called myth-ridden and politically unsound, accused of being out of touch with the people.†
- At the light box he was a parody of the traditional figure in the basement room, the lone inventor stooped over his worktable, piecing together the pins, springs and wires of some eccentric contraption, the lightbulb idea that would change the world.†
- …and the metallic taste of the air and the thick distant stir of men's voices on a busy night, the roil of muddy voices, and the smoke of the big room and a ball game on TV and a player softly chalking his stick, looking like a soldier in some old eccentric war, and the beautiful numbered balls and green baize and dreamy prowl of a shooter on a run, and the endless caroming clack of the balls hitting, the touch sounds of the cue, the balls, the cushions, the slap of the pocket drop.†
Definition:
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(eccentric) unconventional or strange; or a person with such traits