eccentric behaviour

  • 1eccentric — ec|cen|tric1 [ıkˈsentrık] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: eccentricus, from Greek ekkentros out of the center ] 1.) behaving in a way that is unusual and different from most people ▪ His eccentric behaviour lost him his job. ▪ Aunt… …

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  • 2eccentric — 1. adjective eccentric behaviour Syn: unconventional, abnormal, anomalous, odd, strange, peculiar, weird, bizarre, outlandish, idiosyncratic, quirky; informal oddball, kooky, cranky Ant: conventional 2. noun …

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  • 3Eccentric Flamingoes — The Eccentric Flamingoes Cricket Club was formed in 1868 in Edinburgh. After successfully branching out into a number of other sports it was renamed the Eccentric Flamingoes Cricket Club and Worldwide Sporting Movement circa 1988. These days it… …

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  • 4eccentric — adj. & n. adj. 1 odd or capricious in behaviour or appearance; whimsical. 2 a not placed, not having its axis etc. placed centrally. b (often foll. by to) (of a circle) not concentric (to another). c (of an orbit) not circular. n. 1 an eccentric… …

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  • 5eccentric —    severely ill mentally    Literally, not moving on a centrally placed axis, whence, of human behaviour, whimsical or unusual:     The poor man is crazy, the rich man is eccentric, (old saw quoted in Sanders, 1977) …

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  • 6Theo Marzials — Théophile Jules Henri Theo Marzials (20 December 1850 – 2 February 1920) was a British composer, singer and poet.[1] Marzials was described in 1894 as a poet and eccentric by parodist Max Beerbohm,[2] and, after writing and performing several… …

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  • 7Monty Python's Flying Circus — This article is about the television series. For the group, the conception of the show and other Python media, see Monty Python. Monty Python’s Flying Circus DVD cover – Monty Python members (left to right): Back: Terry Gilliam, John Cleese,… …

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  • 8Homecoming (novel) — Infobox Book | name = Homecoming image caption = author = Cynthia Voigt illustrator = Sharon Scotland cover artist = Mark Harrison country = United States language = English series = Tillerman series genre = Young adult novel publisher =… …

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  • 9List of All Grown Up! episodes — The following is a list of episodes from the Nickelodeon TV show, All Grown Up!. In the United States, the first episode aired on April 12, 2003 and the final episode aired on August 17, 2008. Contents 1 Series overview 2 Episodes 2.1 Pilot: 2001 …

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  • 10Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer) — For the similarly named General, his first cousin and contemporary in the Peninsular Campaign, see Charles James Napier. Sir Charles Napier Admiral Sir Charles Napier (print, c. 1855) …

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