eccentricity
noun
an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct.
eccentricities
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pluralof eccentricity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
That has something to do with the low-key nature of his work—broadly, he favors the rootsy arrangements of Americana and avoids sonic extremes—as well as the eccentricities of his style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 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
Chacko had been a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and was permitted excesses and eccentricities nobody else was.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
