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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ek-suhn-tris-i-tee, ek-sen-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛk sənˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌɛk sɛn-



Definition of eccentricities

Origin :
  • 1540s, of planetary orbits; 1650s, of persons (an instance of eccentricity); 1794, of persons (a quality of eccentricity); from eccentric (adj.) + -ity. Related: Eccentricities.
  • noun bizarreness, unusualness
Example sentences :
  • He really is, with all his eccentricities, a very remarkable man, Bertie.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • And you bear with his eccentricities in hopes of his succession?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
  • How did they jest with him on his half-crazed notions, and laugh at his eccentricities!
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
  • No Costaguanero had ever learned to question the eccentricities of a military force.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • Who knows, among her own eccentricities, if this one might not find place?
  • Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • It was very bad, but it was clear that they could not interfere with his eccentricities.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • How did you all excuse his eccentricities before he got sick, Aunt Sajane?
  • Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • Some day perhaps I shall go there, and judge of its eccentricities myself.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • If either of these had failed, her eccentricities were always there.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • The omnipotence of the editor helped the eccentricities of the author.
  • Extract from : « Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for eccentricities

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