different between new vs eccentric

English

Etymology

From Middle English newe, from Old English n?ewe, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”), from *néwos.

Compare also Old English n? (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo and novuss.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nju?/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /n(j)u/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /nj??/
• Homophones: gnu, knew, nu
• Rhymes: -u?

Adjective

new (comparative newer, superlative newest)

1. Recently made, or created.

2. Additional; recently discovered.

3. Current or later, as opposed to former.

4. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.

5. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.

6. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.

7. Newborn.

8. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.

9. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.

10. Recently arrived or appeared.

11. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.

12. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.

Synonyms

• (recently made, created, or appeared): brand new, recent
• (additional, recently discovered): recent
• (current or later): current
• (in original condition, pristine): brand new, brand spanking new, mint, pristine
• (refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed): born-again, reformed, refreshed, reinvigorated, revived
• (newborn): newborn, young
• (of recent origin): fresh
• (strange, unfamiliar): strange, unfamiliar
• (recently arrived or appeared): novel, singular
• (inexperienced, unaccustomed): brand new, green
• See also Thesaurus:new

Antonyms

• (recently made, created, or appeared): ancient, dated, old
• (additional, recently discovered): dated, old
• (current or later): former, old
• (distinguishing something established more recently): old
• (in original condition, pristine): old, used, worn
• (refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed): old
• (young): old
• (of recent origin): original, previous
• (strange, unfamiliar): familiar, old
• (recently arrived or appeared): established
• (inexperienced, unaccustomed): accustomed, experienced, expert

Hyponyms

• brand new

Derived terms

Translations

See new/translations § Adjective.

Adverb

new (comparative more new, superlative most new)

1. Newly (especially in composition).

   new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown

2. As new; from scratch.

   They are scraping the site clean to build new.

Related terms

• new-

Noun

new (usually uncountable, plural news)

1. Things that are new.

   Out with the old, in with the new.

2. (Australia) A kind of light beer.
3. (Britain, naval slang) A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
   • 1956, Naval Review (London) (volume 44, page 286)

     In the Britannia "news" were worms, to be trodden on […]

Verb

new (third-person singular simple present news, present participle newing, simple past and past participle newed)

1. (programming) Synonym of new up
2. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.

Derived terms

• benew
• new up
• renew

References

• new on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Wen, wen

German

Adjective

new (comparative newer, superlative am newesten or am newsten)

1. Obsolete spelling of neu
   • 1552, Hans Gerle, Ein Newes sehr künstlichs Lautenbuch (printed in Nürnberg)
   • 1581, Ein new Kochbuch / Das ist Ein grundtliche beschreibung […] (printed in Frankfurt am Main)
   • 1629, Johann Deucer, Ein Newes, Schönes, sehr Nützliches Betbuch (printed in Leipzig)
   • 1653, Ein newes Lied: Welches bey der Römischen Königlichen Crönung Ferdinandi deß Vierten in Regenspürg den 18. Junij 1653 ist musiciert worden
   • 1706, Moritz Pfleyer, Gedeonische Wunder-Fakel auff ein newes entzündt in dem glorwürdigen heiligen Blut-Zeugen Christi Leontio

Declension

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English new. Doublet of ??? (ny?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??????]

Noun

new(???) • (ny?) 

1. new

See also

• ?(??) (shin-)
• ?(??) (n?-)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nye·wi (“four”).

Numeral

new

1. four

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa. Related to Persian ??? (noh).

Numeral

new

1. nine

English

Alternative forms

• eccentrick (obsolete)
• excentric
• excentrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French excentrique, from Medieval Latin excentricus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (ékkentros, “not having the earth as the center of an orbit”), from ?? (ek, “out”) + ??????? (kéntron, “point”). Equivalent to ex- +? -centric.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?s?nt??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?s?nt??k/

Adjective

eccentric (comparative more eccentric, superlative most eccentric)

1. Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.
   • 2011, Michael Laver, Ernest Sergenti. Party Competition: An Agent-Based Model, page 125,

     Strikingly, we see that party births tend systematically to be at policy positions that are significantly more eccentric than those of surviving parties, whatever decision rule these parties use.

2. Not perfectly circular; elliptical.

   As of 2008, Margaret had the most eccentric orbit of any moon in the solar system, though Nereid's mean eccentricity is greater.

3. Having a different center; not concentric.
4. (of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.
   • 1801, Author not named, Fyfield (John), entry in Eccentric Biography; Or, Sketches of Remarkable Characters, Ancient and Modern, page 127,

     He was a man of a most eccentric turn of mind, and great singularity of conduct.

   • 1807, G. H. Wilson (editor), The Eccentric Mirror, Volume 3, page 17,

     Such is not the case with Mr. Martin Van Butchell, one of the most eccentric characters to be found in the British metropolis, and a gentleman of indisputable science and abilities, but whose strange humors and extraordinary habits, have rather tended to obscure than to display the talents he possessed.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:

     There can be no doubt that as a matter of fact a religious life, exclusively pursued, does tend to make the person exceptional and eccentric.

   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, 2012, unnumbered page,

     Khedron was the only other person in the city who could be called eccentric—and even his eccentricity had been planned by the designers of Diaspar.

5. (physiology, of a motion) Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (e.g., such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).
6. Having different goals or motives.
   • a. 1626, Francis Bacon, 1867, Richard Whately (analysis and notes), James R. Boyd (editor), Essay XI: Wisdom for a Man's Self, Lord Bacon's Essays, page 171,

     […] for whatsoever affairs pass such a man's hands he crooketh them to his own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to those of his master or state: […]

Usage notes

• (physiology, of motion): Motions that are eccentric or the opposite (concentric) are classified as isotonic (“having equal tension”), the antonym of which is isometric (“retaining equal length”). See also Isometric exercise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

Synonyms

• (not at or in the centre): eccentrical, excentrical
• (not perfectly circular): eccentrical, excentrical
• (having a different centre): eccentrical, excentrical
• (deviating from the norm): eccentrical, excentrical, odd, abnormal; see also Thesaurus:eccentric
• (against the contraction of a muscle):
• (having different goals or motives): eccentrical, excentrical

Antonyms

• (against the contraction of a muscle): concentric

Derived terms

• eccentrically
• eccentric anomaly
• eccentric contraction
• eccentric flint
• eccentric hypertrophy

Related terms

• central
• centric
• eccentricity

Translations

Noun

eccentric (plural eccentrics)

1. One who does not behave like others.
   • 1989, Jeffrey Robinson, Rainier and Grace, page 26:

     A tiny, feisty woman who always spoke her mind, Charlotte was an eccentric in the wonderful way that some women from the last century were natural eccentrics.

   • 1998, Michael Gross, Life On The Edge, 2001, page ix,

     Eccentrics live longer, happier, and healthier lives than conformist normal citizens, according to the neuropsychologist David Weeks.

2. (slang) A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.
3. (geometry) A circle not having the same centre as another.
4. (engineering) A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.

Synonyms

• (person who does not behave like others): misfit, nonconformist; see also Thesaurus:maverick
• (person of bizarre habits or beliefs): crank, odd duck, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person

Translations

See also

• acentric