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 →

2) (noun) An eccentric is such a person. tree →

3) (maths/science) Eccentric describes a circle or orbit that is not centred, or an oval path. tree →

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 →
• The eccentric inventor built a flying bicycle. tree →
• She wears eccentric hats. tree →
• The village was full of lovable eccentrics. tree →
• The professor had eccentric habits. tree →
• Some planets have an eccentric orbit. tree →
• Many of them were very aged; lonely old boys, with strange thoughts and eccentric habits. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «eccentric» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.