excentric

See also: excèntric

English

Etymology

ex- + -centric

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛkˈsɛn.tɹɪk/
  • Homophone: eccentric
  • Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk

Adjective

excentric (comparative more excentric, superlative most excentric)

  1. Alternative form of eccentric
  2. (botany) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center.

Noun

excentric (plural excentrics)

  1. Alternative form of eccentric (disk or wheel with off-centre axis)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for excentric in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Romanian

Etymology

From French excentrique.

Adjective

excentric m or n (feminine singular excentrică, masculine plural excentrici, feminine and neuter plural excentrice)

  1. eccentric, oddball

Declension

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