Crossword-Solution: ECCENTRICITY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Eccentricity | n. | The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity. |
| Eccentricity | n. | The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. |
| Eccentricity | n. | The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit. |
| Eccentricity | n. | The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw. |
We have 31 clues for the answer “ECCENTRICITY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| the state of being eccentric | 1 answer |
| strange and unconventional behavior | 1 answer |
| a ratio describing the shape of a conic section | 1 answer |
| Unconventional nature | 1 answer |
| Unconventional behaviour | 1 answer |
| strange behaviour | 7 answers |
| Peculiarity of behaviour | 8 answers |
| informality | 11 answers |
| A CIRCULARITY THAT HAS A DIFFERENT CENTER OR DEVIATES FROM A CIRCULAR PATH | 11 answers |
| crotchet | 13 answers |
| unconformity | 14 answers |
| separateness | 19 answers |
| K | 19 answers |
| Exception | 20 answers |
| Kink | 21 answers |
| Foible | 26 answers |
| Quirk | 30 answers |
| trait | 31 answers |
| Quiddity | 32 answers |
| Individuality | 54 answers |
| Idiosyncrasy | 62 answers |
| Habit | 66 answers |
| particularity | 70 answers |
| Oddity | 74 answers |
| Twist | 75 answers |
| Peculiarity | 76 answers |
| Aberration | 77 answers |
| Imperfection | 80 answers |
| Deviation | 80 answers |
| Caprice | 84 answers |
| Disagree-ment | 102 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ARETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ECCENTRICITY (5)
The Puritans looked on, and, if they smiled, were none the less inclined to pronounce the child a demon offspring, from the indescribable charm of beauty and eccentricity that shone through her little figure, and sparkled with its activity.
Some smiled indulgently and called it an artistic eccentricity, others looked upon it as a wise provision, in view of the many events which were crowding thick and fast in Paris just then, but to all, the real motive of that climax remained a puzzle and a mystery.
Slowly she retraced her steps, her eyes upon the ground, her mind absorbed in sad consideration of her father’s increasing moodiness and eccentricity.
Lorry knew Miss Pross to be very jealous, but he also knew her by this time to be, beneath the service of her eccentricity, one of those unselfish creatures--found only among women--who will, for pure love and admiration, bind themselves willing slaves, to youth when they have lost it, to beauty that they never had, to accomplishments that they were never fortunate enough to gain, to bright hopes that never shone upon their own sombre lives.
There are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height, and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity.
Quotes with ECCENTRICITY (3)
With the world securely in order, Dain was able to devote the leisurely bath time to editing his mental dictionary. He removed his wife from the general category labeled "Females" and gave her a section of her own. He made a note that she didn't find him revolting, and proposed several explanations: (a) bad eyesight and faulty hearing, (b) a defect in a portion of her otherwise sound intellect, (c) an inherited Trent eccentricity, or (d) an act of God. Since the Almighty had …
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach, it is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, menta…
Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2015).