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eccentricity

ec·cen·tric·i·ty

Today it means: The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour. Full definition →

Latin eccentricitās

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Latin · borrowed fromeccentricitās
English todayeccentricity

Borrowed from Latin eccentricitās. By surface analysis, eccentric + -ity.

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