[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"eccentric"[/SIZE][/B] [B]adjective[/B] [LIST=1] [*]conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "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" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/bizarre]bizarre[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/freakish]freakish[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/freaky]freaky[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/flaky]flaky[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/off-the-wall]off-the-wall[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/outlandish]outlandish[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/outre]outre[/URL]] [*]not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/nonconcentric]nonconcentric[/URL]] [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/concentric]concentric[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/eccentric person]eccentric person[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/flake]flake[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/oddball]oddball[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/geek]geek[/URL]] [*]a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/character]character[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/type]type[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/case]case[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/eccentric]http://www.word.sc/eccentric[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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