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# eccentric

«eccentric» in Mova's school dictionary: **An eccentric person behaves in an unusual, strange but…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (eccentric; more eccentric); noun (an eccentric, eccentrics)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An eccentric person behaves in an unusual, strange but usually harmless way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#m1)

2) (noun) An eccentric is such a person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#m2)

3) (maths/science) Eccentric describes a circle or orbit that is not centred, or an oval path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories eccentric characters are odd, funny or mysterious, like inventors with wild hair. Phrases: «a bit eccentric», «an eccentric old man».

### examples

- Our neighbour is a bit eccentric — he walks his cat on a lead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x1)
- The eccentric inventor built a flying bicycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x2)
- She wears eccentric hats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x3)
- The village was full of lovable eccentrics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x4)
- The professor had eccentric habits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x5)
- Some planets have an eccentric orbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x6)
- Many of them were very aged; lonely old boys, with strange thoughts and eccentric habits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/#x7)

### note

Starts with «ec-»: ec-CEN-tric. Not rude like «crazy»; it is gentle. Noun: eccentricity. A/an: «an eccentric».

### In the corpora

- ["Eccentric" is a polite word for a person who is odd or strange in a harmless way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/36-dim-and-round-the-bend/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eccentric» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eccentric/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.