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An eccentric person, especially one with bizarre ideas.
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- An eccentric person, especially one with bizarre ideas.
- A mentally unbalanced or eccentric person; often, specif., a person who holds or is a proponent of a highly unorthodox or eccentric belief
One who is or appears to be mentally deranged:
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(Physics) A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion.
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- (Physics) A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion.
- An odd or unconventional person
- A disk set off center on a shaft and revolving inside a strap that is attached to one end of a rod, thereby converting the circular motion of the shaft into back-and-forth motion of the rod
An insane person
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- An insane person
(Rare) A fanciful or unusual turn of speech or thought; conceit
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- (Rare) A fanciful or unusual turn of speech or thought; conceit
- A handle or arm bent at right angles and connected to a shaft of a machine, used to transmit motion or to change rotary motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa
- (Informal) A person who has odd, stubborn notions about something; eccentric
One who is crazy or deranged.
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- One who is crazy or deranged.
- Any of an order (Gaviiformes) of fish-eating diving birds, with a sharp bill and webbed feet, found mainly in subarctic regions: noted for its weird cry
- A crazy person
A foolish or crazy person.
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- A foolish or crazy person.
(Slang) A crazy or foolish person
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- (Slang) A crazy or foolish person
- Any of a family (Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes) of birds with a long, slender body, grayish-brown on top and white below: many, including the European species (Cuculus canorus), lay eggs in the nests of other birds, but the American species hatch and rear their own young
- The call of a cuckoo, which sounds somewhat like its name
(Slang) A crazy, stupid, or eccentric person
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- (Slang) A crazy, stupid, or eccentric person
(Slang) An empty-headed or silly person.
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- (Slang) An empty-headed or silly person.
- (Informal, former) A stone, stick, or other object suitable for throwing
- (Slang) An unspecified gadget or other small article, especially one whose name is unknown or forgotten.
A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy.
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- A person regarded as strange, eccentric, or crazy.
Any of various other usually edible seeds enclosed in a hard covering such as a seed coat or the stone of a drupe, as in a pine nut, peanut, almond, or walnut.
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- Any of various other usually edible seeds enclosed in a hard covering such as a seed coat or the stone of a drupe, as in a pine nut, peanut, almond, or walnut.
- A small block of metal or wood with a central, threaded hole that is designed to fit around and secure a bolt or screw.
- A dry, indehiscent simple fruit consisting of one seed surrounded by a hard and thick pericarp (fruit wall). The seed does not adhere to the pericarp but is connected to it by the funiculus. A nut is similar to an achene but larger. Acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, and hazelnuts are true nuts. Informally, other edible seeds or dry fruits enclosed in a hard or leathery shell are also called nuts, though they are not true nuts. For instance, an almond kernel is actually the seed of a drupe. Its familiar whitish shell is an endocarp found within the greenish fruit of the almond tree. Peanuts are actually individual seeds from a seed pod called a legume.
A strange person, event, or thing.
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- A strange person, event, or thing.
- (Informal) Someone or something weird.
A strange or eccentric person.
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- A strange or eccentric person.
Marked by extreme contrasts and incongruities of color, design, or style
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- Marked by extreme contrasts and incongruities of color, design, or style
- Very odd in manner, appearance, etc.; grotesque
- Very strange or unusual, especially in a striking or shocking way.
(Rare) Highly detailed, as in workmanship; elaborate
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- (Rare) Highly detailed, as in workmanship; elaborate
- Eager to learn more:
- Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness:
Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit.
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- Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit.
- Not exactly circular in shape or motion
- Not having the same center, as two circles one inside the other
Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric:
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- Deviating from the customary course in conduct or opinion; eccentric:
- (Geol.) Designating a boulder or rock formation transported some distance from its original source, as by a glacier
- Having no fixed or regular course; wandering:
Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination:
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- Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination:
- Remaining after others have been paired or grouped.
- Not usual or ordinary; singular; peculiar; strange
Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre.
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- Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre.
- Located far from civilized areas; remote:
- Very odd, strange, or peculiar; fantastic; bizarre
Particular; unique; special
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- Particular; unique; special
- Belonging distinctively or primarily to one person, group, or kind; special or unique:
- Out of the ordinary; queer; odd; strange
(Archaic) Cleverly made or done.
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- (Archaic) Cleverly made or done.
- (Archaic) Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange:
- Singular; unusual; curious
Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange:
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- Deviating from what is expected or normal; strange:
- Of a questionable nature or character; suspicious:
- Differing from what is usual or ordinary; odd; singular; strange
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(Archaic) Existing apart from others; separate; individual
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- (Archaic) Existing apart from others; separate; individual
- Strange or unusual:
- Peculiar; strange; odd
Not previously known; unfamiliar:
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- Not previously known; unfamiliar:
- Quite unusual or uncommon; extraordinary
- Queer; peculiar; odd
Contrary to, or at variance with, nature; abnormal; strange
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- Contrary to, or at variance with, nature; abnormal; strange
- Characterized by a lack of the emotions, attitudes, or behavior regarded as natural, normal, or right
- Not in accordance with what usually occurs in nature:
Of or about ghosts, evil spirits, or other supernatural things; unearthly, mysterious, eerie, etc.
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- Of or about ghosts, evil spirits, or other supernatural things; unearthly, mysterious, eerie, etc.
- Strikingly odd, strange, etc.; fantastic; bizarre
- Strikingly odd or unusual, especially in an unsettling way; strange:
- (Surfing) Resembling a kook in behavior
- (Describing a person) crazy or insane
- Characteristic of a kook; strange or crazy.
Presenting danger or difficulty.
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- Presenting danger or difficulty.
- Bad, poor, etc.
- Odd; strange; queer
Of or like rum
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- Of or like rum
- Odd, strange, or dangerous; rum.
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