All 3 Uses of
eccentric
in
The Lords of Discipline
- And I have a husband who loves me despite his eccentricities and my ample faults.†
Chpt 1.2 *eccentricities = unconventional or strange behaviors
- I found an eccentric store in London run by an even more eccentric old man who repairs old fountain pens.†
Chpt 1.2
- I found an eccentric store in London run by an even more eccentric old man who repairs old fountain pens.†
Chpt 1.2
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".