eccentric

Adjective modifier

• English: His twelve books to date include Shooting's Strangest Matches and cover everything from antique collecting to English eccentrics.
• British: He also tidied up question marks in Krem Liat Prah and aided by Peter, taught Rainer to understand British caving eccentrics!
• great: In this two-part feature, Michelle Le Blanc and Colin Odell exhume the career of one of cinema's greatest eccentrics.
• few: None the less, it's mostly an elegant crowd - wish there were a few eccentrics; they make such good copy.
• local: Meanwhile, in a subplot, a motley group of local eccentrics have their own adventure.

Modifies a noun

• orbit: PLUTO Pluto's eccentric orbit makes it take on a variable role in history.
• contraction: In an eccentric contraction, the muscle fibers lengthen to lower the weight.
• recluse: First reports indicate the eccentric recluse plans to convert the entire building into a private summer residence.
• inventor: Q, the eccentric inventor of British spy gadgets in the James Bond movies, would be proud of that Moscow rock.
• genius: You also worked with another genius eccentric genius - Laurence from Felt.
• strap: Maybe it's a reminder that the loco has no eccentric straps!

Modifying Another Word

• mildly: But to some extent I had already acquired for myself the reputation at Eton of being mildly eccentric.
• delightfully: Its delightfully eccentric design will appeal to unconventional people who enjoy the unusual.
• wildly: Rating: Another wildly eccentric offering from the most original Sexton Blake writer of them all!
• wonderfully: The TV theme was recorded in a wonderfully eccentric studio, which looked like a throwback to the 60s.
• decidedly: Indeed, his definition of deity is decidedly eccentric.
• somewhat: When people think of a car club they often think of somewhat eccentric old folk who live in the past world of motoring.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: So, even if it seemed slightly eccentric at first, a fine place!
• consider: Capacity was doubled in 1966 to 8 stills the shape of which is considered eccentric.
• become: Once settled into his parish, his ideas regarding Druidry became increasingly eccentric.