Sunday, January 16, 2011

#381 eccentric

eccentric- deviating or departing from convention, especially in a bizarre manner; irregular or odd; not having a common centre: eccentric circles as opposed to concentric circles

- C16 from Medieval Latin eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros out of centre

The eccentric is forced, therefore, to tread a lonely way.

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