eccentric+person

  • 81type — [tīp] n. [LL(Ec) typus, a model, symbol < L & Gr: L, a figure < Gr typos, a figure, archetype, model, orig., a blow, mark made by a blow < typtein: see TYMPAN] 1. a person, thing, or event that represents or symbolizes another, esp.… …

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  • 82Fantastic — Fan*tas tic, n. A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop. Milton. [1913 Webster] Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to draw it out to be seen. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 83The five wits — Wit Wit, n. [AS. witt, wit; akin to OFries. wit, G. witz, OHG. wizz[=i], Icel. vit, Dan. vid, Sw. vett. [root]133. See {Wit}, v.] [1913 Webster] 1. Mind; intellect; understanding; sense. [1913 Webster] Who knew the wit of the Lord? or who was his …

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  • 84Wit — Wit, n. [AS. witt, wit; akin to OFries. wit, G. witz, OHG. wizz[=i], Icel. vit, Dan. vid, Sw. vett. [root]133. See {Wit}, v.] [1913 Webster] 1. Mind; intellect; understanding; sense. [1913 Webster] Who knew the wit of the Lord? or who was his… …

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  • 85original — I. noun Date: 14th century 1. archaic the source or cause from which something arises; specifically originator 2. a. that from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made b. a work composed firsthand 3. a. a person of fresh initiative or… …

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  • 86List of English back-formations — Back formation refers to either the process of creating a new lexeme (less precisely, a new word ) by removing actual or supposed affixes, or to the neologism formed by such a process. Back formations are shortened words created from longer words …

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  • 87spaz — /spaz/, n. Slang. 1. a grotesquely awkward person. 2. an eccentric person. Also, spazz. [1960 65; shortening and alter. of SPASTIC] * * * …

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  • 88spook — spookery, n. spookish, adj. /spoohk/, n. 1. Informal. a ghost; specter. 2. Slang. a ghostwriter. 3. Slang. an eccentric person. 4. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a black person. 5. Slang. an espionage agent; spy. v.t. 6. to haunt; inhabit or… …

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  • 89zany — zanily, adv. zaniness, zanyism, n. zanyish, adj. /zay nee/, adj., zanier, zaniest, n., pl. zanies. adj. 1. ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish. n. 2. one who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others. 3. a comically wild or… …

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  • 90weirdo — noun a) A strange, odd, eccentric person. b) An insane, possibly dangerous person …

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