eccentric

IPA: ɪksˈɛntrɪk

One who does not behave like others.
(slang) A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
(geometry) A circle not having the same centre as another.
(engineering) A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.
(physiology) An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.

Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
Not perfectly circular; elliptical.
Having a different center; not concentric.
(of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
(physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
Having different goals or motives.
(mycology) Having or being an oospore with a single large oil globule on one side that displaces much of the ooplasm and forces the ooplasts to one side.

Examples of "eccentric" in Sentences

The eccentric is forced, therefore, to tread a lonely way.
Writing that is alive is what we call eccentric (if in English) or experimental (if in French).
"Kooky and eccentric" is also a good description of Magda Sayeg, the Texas woman credited with starting the yarn bombing movement.
In Doyle's books, Holmes is described as an eccentric genius, a gifted fighter and a master of disguise who's sometimes prone to bouts of melancholy.
Marry, sir, thus: Mr. Eden was what they call eccentric; among his other deviations from usage he delivered the meaning of sentences in church along with the words.
Narrated by the cat Ozzy, The Fantoras are the ultimate in eccentric and unusually gifted families that have so much appeal for young readers and how I would love to have been reading this as a child.
Meanwhile, a few long-term eccentric guests putter about while the hotel maid Polly Booth attempts to be a calming force amidst a variety of ingenious comedic premises-often involving mistaken identity and miscommunication–that keep threatening to upend everything.