Both Uses of
eccentric
in
The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks
- It didn't matter to Julie that Mabel was a little eccentric, to put it mildly.†
Chpt 3
- But Mabel put the capital E in eccentric, especially in this small, conservative southern town, and it wasn't simply because she had a couple of harmless quirks.
Chpt 3 *eccentric = unconventional or strange
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".