All 4 Uses
eccentric
in
The Phantom of the Opera
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- I wanted, if there were still time, to find this valuable and eccentric witness.†
Chpt Prol. *
- As Raoul once more passed through the great crush-room, this time in the wake of his guide, he could not help noticing a group crowding round a person whose disguise, eccentric air and gruesome appearance were causing a sensation.†
Chpt 9
- I had, no doubt, to do with a terrible, eccentric person, who, in some mysterious fashion, had succeeded in taking up his abode there, under the Opera house, five stories below the level of the ground.†
Chpt 12
- I tell you that, with your recklessness—for you have already been twice arrested by the shade in the felt hat, who did not know what you were doing in the cellars and took you to the managers, who looked upon you as an eccentric Persian interested in stage mechanism and life behind the scenes: I know all about it, I was there, in the office; you know I am everywhere—well, I tell you that, with your recklessness, they will end by wondering what you are after here ...and they will end by knowing that you are after Erik ...and then they will be after Erik themselves and they will discover the house on the lake ...If they do, it will be a bad lookout for you, old chap, a bad lookout!†
Chpt 21
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) Much more rarely, in technical usage, eccentric can mean "not concentric".