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Definition of Eccentric person
1. Noun. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
Generic synonyms: Anomaly, Unusual Person
Specialized synonyms: Crackpot, Crank, Fruitcake, Nut, Nut Case, Screwball, Nutter, Wacko, Whacko
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eccentric Person
Literary usage of Eccentric person
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paper Against Gold, Or, The History and Mystery of the Bank of England, of by William Cobbett (1834)
"... production of this extraordinary and eccentric person.—New York Mirror.
Cobbett'a Advice.—Eloquent, and generally sensible, the original mind of this ..."
2. The History of Methodism in Missouri for a Decade of Years from 1860 to 1870 by William Henry Lewis, David Rice McAnally (1890)
"Abraham Millice, the Oddity, Known to This Present Writer as the Most Eccentric
Person He Ever Saw—Humorous Incidents When Holding Meetings with Him—An ..."
3. Advice to Young Men, and (incidentally) to Young Women, in the Middle and by William Cobbett (1833)
"... egotism which characterizes every production of this extra ordinary and
eccentric person.—New York Mirror. Cobbett's Advice. ..."
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