eccentric English · revision 43

+ ==Etymology==

+ Recorded from the early 15th century,^(Etymonline) originally a term of Ptolemaic astronomy.^(Etymonline) From [[enm|eccentrik|t=orbit not centred on the earth]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline) [[bor|la-med|eccentricus]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|grc|ἔκκεντρος|tr=ékkentros|t=out of the centre]],^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) from ''ek'' “out of” + ''kéntron'' “centre”.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ Of persons, the figurative sense “odd, whimsical” is first recorded in the 1620s,^(Etymonline) and the noun “odd or whimsical person” by 1817.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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