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Word entry · 12 letters

eccentricity

Best crossword clue

"Oddness"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/Part of speech nounSorted ccceeiinrttyStarts with EEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1E2C3C4E5N6T7R8I9C10I11T12Y

Definitions

  1. strange and unconventional behavior

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin eccentricitās. By surface analysis, eccentric + -ity.

Used in a sentence

  • Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
  • For an ellipse, the eccentricity is the ratio of the distance from the center to a focus divided by the length of the semi-major axis.

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