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Pronunciation / Transliteration: exzentrisch
"Sie hat sehr exzentrische Gewohnheiten."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Unconventional and slightly strange, especially in a whimsical way.
"He lived in an eccentric house shaped like a giant boot."
- 1
A person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behavior.
"The town was full of harmless eccentrics."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late 16th century: from medieval Latin eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros 'out of the center', from ek- 'out of' + kentron 'center'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Eccentric" is said worldwide
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excentrique
Transliteration: excentrique
"Il est connu pour son style excentrique."
exzentrisch
Transliteration: exzentrisch
"Sie hat sehr exzentrische Gewohnheiten."
eccentrico
Transliteration: eccentrico
"Quel vecchio professore è un vero eccentrico."
excéntrico
Transliteration: excéntrico
"Tiene un sentido del humor muy excéntrico."
excêntrico
Transliteration: excêntrico
"O artista é conhecido pelo seu comportamento excêntrico."
सनकी
Transliteration: sanki
"उसके अजीब और सनकी शौक हैं।"
古怪的
Transliteration: gǔguài de
"他有一些古怪的习惯。"
괴짜의
Transliteration: goetjaui
"그는 미술계에서 소문난 괴짜이다."
奇抜な
Transliteration: kibatsu na
"彼は奇抜なファッションで知られている。"
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