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Word entry · 9 letters

eccentric

Best crossword clue

"odd in behavior"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted ccceeinrtStarts with EEnds with C2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. not having a common center; not concentric

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • Strikingly, we see that party births tend systematically to be at policy positions that are significantly more eccentric than those of surviving parties, whatever decision rule these parties use.
  • As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater.
  • 1801, Author not named, Fyfield (John), entry in Eccentric Biography; Or, Sketches of Remarkable Characters, Ancient and Modern, page 127, He was a man of a most eccentric turn of mind, and great singularity of conduct.

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