US /ɪkˈsɛntrɪkəl/ UK /ɪkˈsɛntrɪkəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not having a common center; off-center; eccentric

    The old text described the planet's excentrical motion about the earth.

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Synonyms
1 adj · not having a common center;... eccentricoff-centerirregularasymmetric
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Word family
Related forms eccentriccentercentriceccentricity

Etymology

An archaic variant of eccentric, from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros ('out of the center'), from ek- ('out of') + kentron ('center, sharp point').

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