noun
- A person with an unusual or odd personality.
- synonyms: eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
- A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities. )
- usage: "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
adjective
- Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual.
- usage: "restaurants of bizarre design-one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
- synonyms: bizarre, freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre
- Not having a common center; not concentric.
- usage: "eccentric circles"
- synonyms: nonconcentric
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