eccentricity
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It jolted Mr. Pratt, now 42, out of a life steeped in gentle eccentricity, including an obsession with healing crystals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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
His growing eccentricity, which included untied shoelaces and hair that spiked out in all directions, completed the stock image of a distracted scientist.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
If you are so devoted to anything there is probably some element of eccentricity about you and, in Dickie's case, it was cricket.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
“Many people have a hobby…. The difference between the normal range and the eccentricity observed in Asperger’s Syndrome is that these pursuits are often solitary, idiosyncratic and dominate the person’s time and conversation.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing eccentricity
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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The Things They Carried
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