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What poet wrote, "Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness"?

eccentricity

[ek-suhn-tris-i-tee, ek-sen-] / ˌɛk sənˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌɛk sɛn- /


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But this is an album about celebrating eccentricity, and she has plenty of that to go around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The British political system "fosters the eccentricity, the wonderment and the humour of politics", he added.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

How much funnier Shakespeare’s motley crew can be when we’re allowed to discover the variety of eccentricity and ludicrousness on display for ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The strength of these oscillations also varied according to longer 100,000-year orbital cycles connected to changes in Earth's orbital eccentricity.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

Now, in the old days, Indians used to be forgiving of any kind of eccentricity.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

The garden level holds a media room, guest room, laundry room and a cedar-lined 636-bottle wine cellar carved from one of the home’s original eccentricities: a secret tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

When it was released in June last year, “Materialists” quickly sparked debate among moviegoers for the eccentricities of its screenplay and cast, and the ire of those who felt the film was mismarketed.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2026

Having varying eccentricities and varying inclinations simultaneously is well understood from a modeling perspective, but having one and not the other is not as easily explained.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025

Besides following Canadian politics in the capital, he focuses on economic and social policy, U.S.-Canada relations and the country’s eccentricities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025

His eccentricities are chalked up to his status as a famous actor.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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