eccentric+person

  • 121crackpot — {n.}, {attrib. adj.}, {informal} 1. {n.} An eccentric person with ideas that don t make sense to most other people. * /Don t believe what Uncle Noam tells you he is a crackpot./ 2. {attrib. adj.} * /That s a crackpot idea./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 122oddball — {n.}, {slang}, {informal} An eccentric person; one who doesn t act like everyone else. * /John is an oddball he never invites anyone./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 123crackpot — n. a whimsically eccentric person. Syn: crank, nut, nutcase, screwball. [WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 124Tike — Tike, n. [Icel. t[=i]k a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.] 1. A dog; a cur. Bobtail tike or trundle tail. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A countryman or clown; a boorish, clumsy, or eccentric person; also spelled {tyke}. [1913 Webster +PJC] 3. a small child;… …

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  • 125tyke — Tike Tike, n. [Icel. t[=i]k a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.] 1. A dog; a cur. Bobtail tike or trundle tail. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A countryman or clown; a boorish, clumsy, or eccentric person; also spelled {tyke}. [1913 Webster +PJC] 3. a small… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 126fantast — noun Etymology: German, from Medieval Latin fantasta, probably back formation from Late Latin phantasticus Date: 1588 1. visionary 2. a fantastic or eccentric person 3. fantasist …

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  • 127geezer — noun Etymology: probably alteration of Scots guiser one in disguise Date: 1885 a queer, odd, or eccentric person used especially of elderly men • geezerhood noun …

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  • 128piece of work — Date: 1928 a complicated, difficult, or eccentric person …

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