eccentric

• adj.奇妙な、倒錯した
• n. エキセントリック

ec-、外向き、ex-と同じ。 中心。もともとは天文学用語で、軌道から離れている人のことを指したが、後に偏心している人のことを指すようになった。

eccentric (n.)

early 15c., "eccentric circle or orbit," originally a term in Ptolemaic astronomy, "circle or orbit not having the Earth precisely at its center," from Middle French eccentrique and directly from Medieval Latin eccentricus (noun and adjective), from Greek ekkentros "out of the center" (as opposed to concentric), from ek "out" (see ex-) + kentron "center" (see center (n.)). Meaning "odd or whimsical person" is attested by 1817 (S.W. Ryley, "The Itinerant, or Memoirs of an Actor").

June 4 [1800].--Died in the streets in Newcastle, William Barron, an eccentric, well known for many years by the name of Billy Pea-pudding. [John Sykes, "Local Records, or Historical Register of Remarkable Events which have Occurred Exclusively in the Counties of Durham and Northumberland, Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne, and Berwick Upon Tweed," Newcastle, 1824]

eccentric (adj.)

1550s, from Middle French eccentrique and directly from Medieval Latin eccentricus (noun and adjective; see eccentric (n.)). Of persons, figurative sense of "odd, whimsical" first recorded 1620s. "Eccentric is applied to acts which are the effects of tastes, prejudices, judgments, etc., not merely different from those of ordinary people, but largely unaccountable and often irregular ..." [Century Dictionary].

1. Great chess players have a reputation for being both eccentric and argumentative.

チェスの巨匠たちは、性格のおかしさと人との論争で知られている。

2."He 's a bit of an eccentric old fatty，"Thomas thought，unkindly.

「彼は少し変わった太った老人だ」トーマスは厚かましく思った。

3.Geniuses are supposed to be eccentric and hopelessly impractical.

天才は通常、行動が奇妙で実践能力がないと考えられている。

4.His methods were unorthodox，and his lifestyle eccentric .

彼の方法は普通ではなく、彼の生き方もかなり奇抜だ。

5.Her fey charm and eccentric ways were legendary.

彼女のつかみにくい魅力と奇妙な行動様式は伝説となった。