Definition of ECCENTRIC

eccentric

Plural: eccentrics

Noun

  • a person with an unusual or odd personality
  • a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
    • "a friendly eccentric"
  • One who does not behave like others.
  • A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
  • A circle not having the same centre as another.
  • A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
  • An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.

Adjective Satellite

  • conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
    • "famed for his eccentric spelling"

Adjective

  • not having a common center; not concentric
    • "eccentric circles"

Adj

  • Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
  • Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
  • Having a different center; not concentric.
  • Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
  • Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
  • Having different goals or motives.
  • Having or being an oospore with a single large oil globule on one side that displaces much of the ooplasm and forces the ooplasts to one side.

Examples

  • As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French excentrique, from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros, “not having the earth as the center of an orbit”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “point”). Equivalent to ex- + -centric.

Scrabble Score: 15

eccentric: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
eccentric: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eccentric: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

eccentric: valid Words With Friends Word