Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #1144 of 1319

eccentric (adj.)

odd in behaviour

Examples

  • An eccentric artist.

Key rules

  • Eccentric means unusual or odd in behaviour
  • An eccentric artist, eccentric habits
  • Eccentricity is the noun

Common mistakes

  • He is eccentrically person → He is an eccentric person
💡 Tip: Describing artists // Describing habits // Personality
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