excentricadj.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: eccentric adj.

Etymology: Originally a variant of eccentric adj., now frequently distinguished in form in the senses below.

Variant of eccentric adj.; the preferred spelling for senses 2 and 3a in Botany, and in contexts where a writer wishes to avoid the associations of sense 6a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > asymmetrical or misproportioned > about centre

eccentric1858

excentric1866

off-centre1930

off-centred1955

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 483/1 Excentric, out of the centre.

1895 W. Schlich Man. Forestry III. i. v. 73 The trees grow generally more or less excentric.

1896 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry V. i. i. 11 The pith of a tree is frequently excentric.

1948 L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. i. 19 By then he will know whether he is really permanently installed in the center, or whether he finds himself in an ‘excentric’ or peripheric position.

1962 F. White Forest Flora N. Rhodesia 116 B[rachystegia] wangermeeana..midrib v. excentric.

1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon vii. 231 The individual isolation which I had hitherto always associated with any ex-centric standpoint.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	excentric
释义	excentricadj. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: eccentric adj. Etymology: Originally a variant of eccentric adj., now frequently distinguished in form in the senses below. Variant of eccentric adj.; the preferred spelling for senses 2 and 3a in Botany, and in contexts where a writer wishes to avoid the associations of sense 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > asymmetrical or misproportioned > about centre eccentric1858 excentric1866 off-centre1930 off-centred1955 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 483/1 Excentric, out of the centre. 1895 W. Schlich Man. Forestry III. i. v. 73 The trees grow generally more or less excentric. 1896 W. R. Fisher Schlich's Man. Forestry V. i. i. 11 The pith of a tree is frequently excentric. 1948 L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. i. 19 By then he will know whether he is really permanently installed in the center, or whether he finds himself in an ‘excentric’ or peripheric position. 1962 F. White Forest Flora N. Rhodesia 116 B[rachystegia] wangermeeana..midrib v. excentric. 1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon vii. 231 The individual isolation which I had hitherto always associated with any ex-centric standpoint. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1866
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