Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- etc. See
eccentric , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
eccentric ,eccentrical . - adjective (Bot.) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.
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- adjective
Eccentric - adjective botany One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The line from the earth to the "excentric" was called the _line of apses_.
History of Astronomy George Forbes 1892
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Without public (not only the excentric blog posters) support you can forget it.
Human Space Flight Plans Blue Ribbon Panel Announced - NASA Watch 2009
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PS I plan to be an excentric over-opinionated old lady!
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Anyways, one could never expect them to grow as normal kids first as coming from such excentric family!!
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What makes the book extraordinary is Fisher's descriptive writing about the exotic setting composed of beautiful architecture, gardens, fountains, passageways and gates and excentric people.
Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day 2010
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New York, Madison insisted, was too “excentric” a location, too far from the center of population, and particularly inconvenient for people in the South and West.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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What makes the book extraordinary is Fisher's descriptive writing about the exotic setting composed of beautiful architecture, gardens, fountains, passageways and gates and excentric people.
Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day 2010
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New York, Madison insisted, was too “excentric” a location, too far from the center of population, and particularly inconvenient for people in the South and West.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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New York, Madison insisted, was too “excentric” a location, too far from the center of population, and particularly inconvenient for people in the South and West.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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If you take a look at the spirit moves, you will also see a lot of this excentric dancing.
Race, Entertainment, And Historical Borrowing: The Case Of Lindy Hop » Sociological Images 2009
oroboros commented on the word excentric
Alternate form of eccentric.
January 9, 2007