eccentric | (adjective) not having a common center; not concentric | Synonyms: nonconcentric |
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(adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre |
(noun) a person with an unusual or odd personality | Synonyms: eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball |
(noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: case, character, type |
eccentrically | (adverb) not symmetrically with respect to the center | - |
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(adverb) in an eccentric or bizarre manner | - |
eccentricity | (noun) strange and unconventional behavior | - |
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(noun) a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path | - |
(noun) (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis | - |
ecchymosis | (noun) the escape of blood from ruptured blood vessels into the surrounding tissue to form a purple or black-and-blue spot on the skin | - |
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(noun) the purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise | - |
ecclesiastic | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | Synonyms: ecclesiastical |
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(noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, cleric, divine |
ecclesiastical | (adjective) of or associated with a church (especially a Christian Church) | Synonyms: ecclesiastic |
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ecclesiastically | (adverb) in an ecclesiastic manner | - |
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ecclesiasticism | (noun) excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities | - |
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(noun) religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices | - |
ecclesiology | (noun) the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church | - |
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eccrine | (adjective) (of exocrine glands) producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell; important in regulating body temperature | - |
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eccyesis | (noun) pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus | Synonyms: ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis |
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