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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἔκκεντρος (ékkentros)der. Medieval Latin eccentricusder. Middle French excentriquebor. English eccentric Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English eccentrize From eccentric + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make eccentric.
   • It is clear from any study of this kind that whether from inertias or resistances , society feels a need to eccentrize innovations and innovators, to burlesque and caricature them, to incarcerate them securely in a folklore. 1945, RMR, Rocky Mountain Review - Volume 10, page 174:
   • Tigerism has for a long time been on the increase among writers; for since it has been the fashion in the great world to take up any scribbler who has libelled, fought, or eccentrized himself into notice, the spoiled child of the season has found it easier to outrer the dress and deportment of a gentleman for the occasion, than to assume it: in other words, the public make lions of these men; and they, by a slight transformation, make themselves tigers. 1836, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal:
   • And while she accuses other critics of a normalizing of a literary work which eventuates in a failure to comprehend it, she seems to eccentrize to such an extent that obfuscation prevails. 1983, College literature - Volume 10, page 84:

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