Reverse Dictionary: EAU – ECK

EAVE – nouns
– EASING the eaves of a house or other building; the thatched roof of a rick, stack, etc.; usually in the plural …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– EASINGS the eaves of a building …1699 Sc.
– EASLE the eaves of a house …1824 Sc.
– EAVINGS the eaves of a house or other building …1890 Eng. dial.
– OAVES the eaves of a building …1790 Eng. dial.
– OFFIS the eaves of a building …1790 Eng. dial.
– OVES the eaves of a building …1790 Eng. dial.
– WALL-DROP water dropping from the eaves…Bk1905 Sc.
 
EAVESDROP – verbs
– ACHE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak …1785 Eng. dial.
– AIK to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak …1785 Eng. dial.
– AKE to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak …1785 Eng. dial.
– BE ON THE LONG EAR to eavesdrop …1942 Amer. sl.
– DARK to eavesdrop; to obtain information in underhand ways …1796 Eng. dial.
– DIP to intrude in someone’s affairs; to eavesdrop on someone …1976 Amer. dial.
– EARHOLE to listen, to eavesdrop …1958 sl.
– EAR HUSTLE to eavesdrop …1990s US Black & prison sl.
– EAR-MOLL to listen in; to eavesdrop …1984 UK sl.
– EARWAG to eavesdrop …M19 sl.
– EARWIG to eavesdrop …colloq.
– HAAK to hang about with intent to eavesdrop …1785 Eng. dial.
– HAIG to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak …1785 Sc.
– HAIK to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak …1785 Sc.
– HAKE to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak …1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HARKEN † to listen privily; to play the eavesdropper; to eavesdrop …1382
– HAVE BIG EARS to be given to eavesdropping …Bk1982 Amer. sl.
– HAVE LONG EARS to be given to eavesdropping …Bk1982 Amer. sl.
– HAVE RABBIT EARS to be given to eavesdropping …Bk1982 Amer. sl.
– HAVE TIN EARS to be given to eavesdropping …Bk1982 Amer. sl.
– HEARKEN † to listen privily; to play the eavesdropper; to eavesdrop …1382
– PAY ATTENTION to eavesdrop …Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
– PICK UP FAG-ENDS to listen in to other people’s conversations and attempt to comment upon them or join in; to overhear or to interrupt; esp. used as ‘don’t pick up fag-ends’ …1910s sl.
– TIN-EAR to eavesdrop …1910s Aust. & US sl.
– WIRE to place eavesdropping devices in a room, office, etc. or concealed on someone’s body …1950s Amer. sl.
 
EAVESDROPPER – person
– BIG-EARS an eavesdropper …Bk1988 Aust. sl. 
– DARKISON a sneak, an eavesdropper …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EAR-DROPPER † an eavesdropper …a1670
– EAR HUSTLER a gossip; an eavesdropper …1990s US Black sl.
– EARWIG an eavesdropper; a lookout man; one who listens for approaching steps, then checks the owner before admitting them …1940s sl. 
– EARWIGGER an eavesdropper …M19 sl.
– GIG a detective, or any intrusive person; one who cannot mind his own business, a nosy or inquisitive person; a busybody; an eavesdropper …1959 Aust. sl.
– HARKENER † an eavesdropper; a scout …1549
– HEARKENER † an eavesdropper; a scout …1549
– LONG EAR an eavesdropper …1930s US sl.
– LONG-LUGS an eavesdropper …Bk1902 Sc. 
– LURK a hanger-on; an eavesdropper …20C Aust. sl.
– MOWCH a spy, an eavesdropper …1825 Sc.
– TIN EAR an eavesdropper …1910s Aust. & US sl.
– WIGGIN’S an eavesdropper …1930 sl.
 
EAVESDROPPING – adjectives
– DIPPIN’ listening in on somebody else’s conversation to obtain gossip …20C teen & high school sl.
– LONG-EARED eavesdropping …1950s sl.
– LONG-LUGGED eager to listen to secrets or scandal, given to eavesdropping …1901 Sc.
– WIRED wearing an eavesdropping device; having such a device planted …1957 Amer. sl.
eavesdropping – nouns 
– BIG EARS eavesdropping ears …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DARKING † eavesdropping, prying …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EARHOLE an act of listening, of eavesdropping …1960s sl.
– EARWIGGING a listening, eavesdropping …1927 US sl.
– FAG-ENDS eavesdropping …20C sl.
– KEYHOLING eavesdropping …2001 UK sl.
– OFFICE-DROPPING eavesdropping …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– RABBIT EARS eavesdropping ears …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
ECCENTRIC – adjectives
– ABERRATIONAL pert. to aberration; eccentric, irrational, or unsound …1866
– ASIATIC crazy; wild; eccentric …World War II United States Navy usage
– BALMY crazy, eccentric …1891 sl.
– BALMY IN THE CRUMPET crazy, eccentric …1891 sl.
– BARKING MAD absolutely crazy, highly eccentric …1900s sl.
– BARMY crazy, eccentric …1891 sl.
– BARMY IN THE CRUMPET crazy, eccentric …1891 sl.
– BATS crazy, very eccentric, mad to any degree …1911 UK sl.
– BATSO crazy, eccentric …1970s US sl.
– BATTY eccentric, odd, insane, crazy …1903 US sl.
– BEE-HEADED crazy; eccentric; whimsical …1879
– BEE-HEADIT harebrained; flighty; eccentric; excitable …Bk1911 Sc.
– BONZO eccentric, crazy …1980s sl.
– COCKLE-BRAINED whimsical, eccentric, flighty, fanciful; foolish, chuckle-headed …1824 Sc.
– CRACK-BRAINED crazy, eccentric …1634
– CRACKED crazy, eccentric …1692
– CRACKED IN THE FILBERT slightly or very eccentric or insane; crazy …c1880 Cockneys’ sl.
– CRACKERS crazy, eccentric …1928 sl., orig. Brit.
– CUCKOO crazy, eccentric …1906 sl., orig. US
– CUCKOOED crazy, eccentric …1918 sl., orig. US
– DAFFEY eccentric; foolish …L19 sl.
– DAFFY daft; mad; crazy; silly; amusingly eccentric; foolish …1884 US sl.
– DAGENHAM mad, eccentric ,,,1990s sl.
– DAGGY amusing in an out-of-the-way fashion; eccentric …1966 Aust. & NZ sl.
– DINGBATS crazy, eccentric …1911 Aust. & NZ sl.
– DINGY eccentric, odd …1907 US sl.
– DIPPY crazy, eccentric …1899 sl.
– DO-LALLY mad, eccentric …L19 sl., orig. military
– DOOFUS odd, strange, eccentric …1960s sl.
– DOOFY silly, foolish, eccentric …1980s US sl, chiefly juvenile usage
– DOOLALLY mad, eccentric …L19 sl., orig. military
– DOTTY crazy, harmlessly eccentric, esp. due to old age …1805 colloq.
– DOUBLE-GAITED weird; eccentric …Bk2006 US sl.
– FANTASTICAL † having the appearance of being devised by extravagant fancy; eccentric, quaint, or grotesque in design, conception, construction, or adornment …1599
– FAR GONE mad, eccentric, insane …M19 sl.
– FAR OUT bizarre, eccentric, strange …1920s sl.
– FEW PICKLES SHORT OF BARREL, A stupid; crazy, eccentric …1941 sl.
– FEW SANDWICHES SHORT OF A PICNIC, A stupid; crazy, eccentric …20C sl.
– FITIFIED eccentric, peculiar; hysterical, nervous; erratic, fastidious …1912 Amer. dial.
– FLAKEY crazy, eccentric …1953 sl., orig. US
– FLAKY crazy, eccentric …1953 sl., orig. US
– FLAPADOSHA showy; eccentric …19C Eng. dial.
– FREAKY strange; eccentric …Bk2006 US sl.
– FROM MARS remarkably eccentric; also, very confused …1980 Amer. sl.
– FRUITY crazy, eccentric …1929 US sl.
– FUNNY-BUNNY weird, odd, eccentric …1960s US sl.
– GAGA mad, esp. as a result of senility; eccentric, senile  …1920 UK sl.
– GUGGA eccentric, senile …1910s sl.
– HALF A BUBBLE OFF mildly eccentric …1982 Amer. dial.
– HALF AND BETWEEN of a person: slightly mad, eccentric …20C Irish sl.
– HARD-CASE eccentric, unconventional …1971 NZ sl.
– KINKY exhibiting unusual idiosyncrasies of personality; markedly fanciful; quirky; odd. bizarre, eccentric …1847 colloq.
– KOOKIE, KOOKY cranky, crazy, eccentric …1959 sl.
– LAKES (OF KILLARNEY) mad, eccentric …1910s rhyming sl. for ‘barmy’
– LAKESY mad, eccentric …1910s rhyming sl. for ‘barmy’ (Lakes of Killarney)
– LIGHT UPSTAIRS eccentric, insane …1970s US Black sl.
– LIKE A MONKEY ON A STICK behaving in an eccentric, bizarre manner …L19 sl.
– LOONEY, LOONY crazy, eccentric …1872 sl.
– LOONY AS A JAYBIRD insane, eccentric …1965 Amer. dial.
– LOOPY crazy, eccentric …1925 sl.
– MAD AS A GUM-TREE FULL OF GALAHS, AS insane, eccentric …1940s Aust. sl.
– MAD AS A HARE, AS very crazy, eccentric, mad …L14
– MAD AS A MAGGOT, AS very crazy, extremely eccentric; hence, egregiously foolish …20C NZ sl.
– MAD AS A MARCH HARE, AS very crazy, eccentric, mad …16C
– MAD AS MAY-BUTTER, AS exceedingly eccentric; mad; excited …1626
– MAGGOT-BRAINED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse …L17 sl.
– MAGGOT-HEADED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse …L17 sl.
– MAGGOTISH eccentric, whimsical …L17 sl.
– MAGGOT-PATED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse …L17 sl.
– MAGGOT-PLATED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse …L17 sl.
– MAGGOTTY eccentric, whimsical …L17 sl.
– MAGNOON crazy, eccentric …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
– MAGNUNE crazy, eccentric …1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
– MESHUGA crazy, eccentric …1892 sl.
– MIRACULOUS wild, eccentric; reckless, venturesome, careless; very drunk …1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
– NONSICAL nonsensical; eccentric …1876 Eng. dial.
– NOT ALL THERE eccentric, insane, crazy …1864 sl.
– NOT QUITE THERE eccentric, insane, crazy …M19 sl.
– NOT RIGHT mad, eccentric, mentally wrong …Brit. sl.
– NOT THE FULL QUID stupid, crazy, eccentric …1944 Aust. & NZ sl.
– NUT mad, crazy, stupid, eccentric …1906 colloq.
– NUTSEY, NUTSY crazy, eccentric …a1941 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– NUTSO crazy, eccentric …1975 sl., chiefly US
– NUTSY crazy, eccentric …a1941 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– NUTTY crazy, eccentric …1898 sl.
– NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE crazy, eccentric …1898 sl.
– ODDBALL whimsically free-spirited, eccentric, atypical …1940 Amer. colloq.
– ODD-STRUCKEN eccentric …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OFF crazy; eccentric; abnormal; weird …1866 US sl.
– OFF AT THE HEAD eccentric, mad …M19 sl.
– OFF-HORSEISH obstinate; odd, eccentric …1967 Amer. dial.
– OFF ONE’S BEAN insane, eccentric, crazy; demented …1940s sl.
– OFF ONE’S CHOMP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane …M19 sl.
– OFF ONE’S CHUMP mad, eccentric …M19 sl.
– OFF ONE’S CONK mad, crazy, eccentric, insane; demented  …1870 US sl.
– OFF ONE’S DIP mad, crazy, eccentric, insane …L19 sl.
– OFF ONE’S DIPPER mad, crazy, eccentric, insane …L19 sl.
– OFF ONE’S DOT mad, eccentric …L19 sl.
– OFF ONE’S DOTTY mad, eccentric, insane, crazy …L19 sl.
– OFF ONE’S KADOOVA crazy, eccentric … c1870 Aust. sl.
– OFF ONE’S KAZIP insane, eccentric …1900s US sl.
– OFF ONE’S KERZIP insane, eccentric …1900s US sl.
– OFF ONE’S LOOP eccentric, mad …1940s sl.
– OFF ONE’S NANA eccentric, mad …1940s sl.
– OFF ONE’S NOB eccentric, insane …1950s sl.
– OFF ONE’S PANNICAN eccentric, crazy …20C Aust. sl.
– OFF ONE’S PANNIKIN eccentric, crazy …1894 sl., chiefly Aust.
– OFF ONE’S PULLEY insane, eccentric, mad, crazy …1990s sl.
– OFF ONE’S ROCK crazy, insane, eccentric, mad …L19 sl.
– OFF ONE’S ROCKET crazy, eccentric, mad …1910s sl.
– OFF ONE’S SAUCER mad, insane, eccentric, crazy …c1930 Aust. sl.
– OFF ONE’S TOP TRAVERSE mad, insane, eccentric, crazy …20C Aust. sl.
– OFF ONE’S TROLLEY crazy, eccentric …L19 sl.
– OFF TAP eccentric, mad …1990s Aust. sl.
– OFF THE BEAM crazy, eccentric …1941 sl., orig. US
– OFF THE HOOKS crazy, eccentric …1612 sl.
– OFF THE WALL adj. odd, eccentric; crazy; obnoxious, offensive, pointless …1937 US sl.
– OFF-TRAIL unconventional, eccentric …1954 US sl.
– ONE BRICK SHORT OF A LOAD unintelligent, slightly insane, eccentric …1960s sl.
– ONE BRICK SHY OF A LOAD unintelligent, slightly insane, eccentric …1960s sl.
– ONLY ONE AND NINEPENCE IN THE FLORIN said of one who is not very intelligent, slightly eccentric, odd …1910s sl.
– ONLY ONE AND NINEPENCE IN TWO BOB said of one who is not very intelligent, slightly eccentric, odd …1910s sl.
– ONLY ONE AND NINEPENCE IN TWO SHILLINGS said of one who is not very intelligent, slightly eccentric, odd …1910s sl.
– PORANGI mad, eccentric, stupid …M19 NZ (Maori)
– POTTY crazy, eccentric …1920 sl.
– PUDDLED very eccentric; insane; mad …1936 sl.
– QUARE odd, eccentric, queer …M19 Irish sl.
– QUEER crazy, eccentric …1508
– QUEER AS A TREE FULL OF OWLS eccentric …1976 Amer. sl.
– QUEER AS DICK’S HATBAND odd, eccentric …18C sl.
– QUEER IN THE GARRET eccentric, mad …L18 sl.
– QUEER IN THE NUT mad, eccentric …1950s sl.
– QUEER IN THE UPPER STOREY eccentric, mad …L18 sl.
– QUISTICAL odd, queer, fantastic, eccentric …1822 Sc.
– RAMMY eccentric …1970s US sl.
– RAMPACIOUS crazy, eccentric …M19 sl.
– RANDOM eccentric, bizarre, odd …1980s US college & teen sl.
– RATTY mad, mentally deranged; eccentric; silly …1895 Aust. colloq.
– RUMBUSTICAL eccentric …B1900 Eng. dial.
– RUMGUMPTIOUS queer, odd, eccentric …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SALVATION ARMY crazy, mad, eccentric …L19 rhyming sl. for ‘barmy’
– SCREWBALL crazy, eccentric …1936 sl., chiefly US
– SCREWY crazy, eccentric …1887 sl., orig. US
– SICK silly, stupid; extremely eccentric; mad …20C Aust. sl.
– SIDEWAYS eccentric …1990s US prison sl.
– TIDDIE cross in temper; uncertain, crotchety; eccentric …1899 Sc.
– TONTO crazy, eccentric …1982 sl., orig. US
– TOUCHED crazy, eccentric …1893 sl.
– TWO APPLES SHORT OF A BISCUIT not completely sane, crazy, stupid …1992 UK sl.
– TWO BRICKS SHORT OF A LOAD stupid; crazy, eccentric …20C sl.
– VAGROM eccentric, erratic …882
– WACKED OUT crazy, eccentric, mad …1968 US sl.
– WACKO crazy, eccentric …1977 sl, orig. & chiefly US
– WACKOID odd, eccentric …1999 UK sl.
– WACKY crazy, eccentric …1935 sl., orig. US
– WALL-HUGGING crazed, eccentric …1980s sl.
– WEIRDO crazy, eccentric …1962 sl.
– WHACKO crazy, eccentric …1977 sl, orig. & chiefly US
– WHACKY crazy, eccentric …1935 sl., orig. US
– WIGGY crazy or eccentric …1810 slang sl.
– WRONG silly, foolish; extremely eccentric, or slightly mad …1920s Aust. sl.
– WRONG IN ONE’S GARRET insane, eccentric …M19 sl.
– WRONG IN ONE’S NUT mad, eccentric …L19 sl.
– WRONG IN THE UPPER STOREY insane, eccentric, crazy …M19 sl.
– YARRA mad, insane, stupid, eccentric …1943 Aust. sl.
eccentric – nouns  (includes ECCENTRICITY)
– BEE an eccentric notion …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BRAIN CRACK † a whimsical or eccentric notion …1853
– BUG a deranged thought, an insane idea, an eccentric notion …1915 Amer. dial.
– CANTRIP any playfully mischievous trick; any whimsically mad, eccentric, or extravagant piece of conduct …1719
– CRACKINESS extreme eccentricity; craziness …c1860 colloq.
– CRANKISM eccentricity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CURLICUE a mental twist, an eccentric line of conduct …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CURLYCUE a mental twist, an eccentric line of conduct …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DEMEANOUR eccentricity …1880 Eng. dial.
– DIDOES tricks, antics, eccentric feats …1835 Eng. dial.
– DOOLALLY TAP madness, eccentricity; orig, a form of madness that afflicted soldiers stationed in India, and spec. at Deolalie …L19 sl.
– FEGARY a vagary, a prank; a whim, an eccentricity …E17 Eng. dial. & colloq. rare
– FUNNINESS eccentricity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– JIMJAMS eccentricity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KINK a whimsical idea, a slight eccentricity …19C US sl.
– KINK IN ONE’S HORN a mental twist, an eccentric line of conduct …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KOOKINESS the state of being crazy or eccentric …1962 sl.
– NUTTINESS eccentricity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– ODD KICK IN ONE’S GALLOP a whim, a fancy; an eccentricity …L18 sl.
– OFFISHNESS eccentricity …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– OOPERZOOTICS a fit of eccentricity; craziness …L19 sl.
– OOPIZOOTICS a fit of eccentricity; craziness …L19 sl.
– QUIZZINESS * eccentricity, oddness …1798
– RATBAGGERY acting like a rogue or eccentric …L19 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
– TWIRL a mental twist, an eccentric line of conduct …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– VAGARY a capricious, fantastic, or eccentric action or piece of conduct …1629
eccentric – person
– BALMY a mad or eccentric person …1912 UK sl.
– BAMPOT a foolish, annoying, or obnoxious person; a belligerent or disruptive person; an eccentric person; often used as a contemptuous form of address …1962 Sc. colloq.
– BANANA CAKE a crazy or eccentric person …1975 Amer. sl.
– BARM-POT an eccentric or mad person …1916 sl.
– BARMY a mad or very eccentric person …c1880 sl.
– BASKET CASE one who behaves in a notably eccentric manner …1972 sl.
– BEARDIE-WEIRDIE a man with long hair and/or a beard and as such negatively stereotyped as an ‘intellectual’, eccentric, or fan of radical politics; a scruffy beatnik …2000 sl.
– BEDBUG an eccentric or crazy person …1832 US sl.
– BEE-IN-THE-BONNET an eccentric; a flighty person; a foolish person …1856 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BEETLE a crazy, eccentric, or foolish person; a madman, an obsessive fan …1605 sl.
– BEEZARK, BEZARK a person, often characterized as eccentric or unpleasant …1919 US sl.
– BEEZOK a person, often characterized as eccentric or unpleasant …1933 US sl.
– BESERKO an unstable, eccentric person …1982 US sl.
– BEZABOR a strange, eccentric person; a peculiar or unintelligent person …1930 Amer. dial.
– BIG DOME an intellectual, a scholar, esp. one who seems to hold eccentric or impractical opinions …1952 US sl.
– BIRD an eccentric …1924 Aust. & US sl.
– BIT OF A DAG, A someone or something extraordinary or entertaining; an amusingly eccentric or impudent person; a character …1875 Aust. & NZ sl.
– BIZARRO a bizarre person; a strange, eccentric person; a transvestite …1980 US sl.
– CADET an eccentric person …1970s sl.
– CARD a character; an odd fish; an eccentric …1835 sl.
– CHARACTER an eccentric or odd person …1773 colloq.
– CORNFLAKE an eccentric; one who stands outside the group norms …1970s sl.
– COVE a peculiar, eccentric person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– CRACKPOT a crazy or eccentric person …1883 sl.
– CRANK an eccentric person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DAFFY an eccentric person; a mad person …20C US sl.
– DAG a person who is eccentric and humorous; a real character …1875 Aust. sl.
– DING-A-LING a person with strange or unconventional behaviour; an eccentric; one who is crazy or mentally abnormal …1935 Amer. sl.
– DINGBAT an odd, foolish, or eccentric person …1879 US sl.
– DIZ, DIZZ a silly or eccentric person; an absent-minded or inattentive person …1963 US sl.
– DOOFLUS a bizarre, eccentric person …1930s US Black & teen sl.
– DORK an odd or eccentric person …1960 US sl.
– DOUFAS, DOUFUS a bizarre, eccentric person …1930s US Black & teen sl.
– DWEEB a strange or eccentric person; a nerd …Bk2006 US sl.
– EARWIG BRAIN † (derogatory) a person with silly or eccentric notions …1599
– EXTRAVAGANT † one who does not keep within ordinary or reasonable limits; an exceptional or eccentric person; a fanatic …1627
– FIG NEWTON a silly, crazy, or eccentric person …1974 Amer. sl.
– FILBERT a foolish, eccentric, or crazy person …1915 Amer. sl.
– FLAKE one who is ‘flaky’ or liable to act in an eccentric or crazy manner; also, a foolish, slow-witted or unreliable person …1968 sl.
– FLAPADOSHA an eccentric, showy person with superficial manners …19C Eng. dial.
– FLIP a crazy or eccentric person …1952 sl.
– FLY BALL an oddball; an eccentric person …20C US sl.
– FLY BULL an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– FLY COP an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– FLY DICK an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– FLY MUG an eccentric, unusual, unreliable person …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– FOGAY an old, eccentric person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– FOGEY, FOGY an old, eccentric man; a man or woman who is considerably out of step with the times …1873 US colloq.
– FOGGI an old, eccentric person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– FRUIT a crazy or eccentric person …1959 US sl.
– FRUITBALL a crazy or eccentric person …1972 US sl.
– FRUITBAR a crazy or eccentric person …1980 US sl.
– FRUITBURGER a crazy, eccentric, or silly person …1978 US sl.
– FRUITCAKE a crazy or eccentric person …1942 sl., orig. US
– FRUIT FLY a crazy, eccentric, or silly person; an idiot …1987 US sl.
– FRUITHEAD a silly, crazy, or eccentric person …1955 US sl.
– FRUIT-LOOP a crazy, eccentric, or silly person …1984 US sl.
– GACK an odd, eccentric-looking or weird-looking person …1576 sl.
– GAGA an eccentric, crazy, or senile person …1938 sl.
– GAGAGOOTZ an eccentric or senile person …1968 sl.
– GAK an odd, eccentric-looking or weird-looking person …1576 sl.
– GASSER a remarkable person, specifically, a remarkably stupid, amusing, or eccentric person; a remarkably talented, intelligent, cool person …1944 Amer. sl.
– GAZOONEY, GAZOONIE, GAZOONY a boy or lad; an inexperienced youth; a foolish, ignorant or eccentric fellow; a naive person …1914 US sl.
– GECK, GHECK an odd, weird-looking, or eccentric-looking person …1576 sl.
– GEEK a person, a fellow, esp. one who is regarded as foolish, offensive, worthless, etc.; a clumsy or eccentric person; one who is befooled or derided; a dupe …1876 sl., orig. N. Eng. dial.
– GIMMICK a foolish, peculiar, or eccentric person; one who has been mulcted by cults, healers, fortune-tellers, or mystics …1926 US sl.
– GINK (often derogatory) a fellow; a guy; esp. an odd, eccentric, or foolish man; a stupid or useless person; someone who is unworldly or socially inept …1906 sl., orig. US
– GLOCK a fool; a half-witted person; an eccentric person …1886 UK sl.
– GOOF an eccentric, crazy person …1910s sl.
– HARD CASE an amusing, cheeky, or eccentric person; a ‘character’; typically one who is tough and adventurous …1892 Aust. & NZ
– HARD DOER an amusing, exciting, eccentric and/or resolute person; a ‘character’; typically one who is tough and adventurous; a joker, a wag, a comedian; one who never gives up despite any circumstances; a person who struggles valiantly against difficulties …1894 Aust. & NZ
– HARD SHOT an amusing, exciting, eccentric and/or resolute person; a ‘character’; typically one who is tough and adventurous, and a daredevil …1918 Aust. & NZ colloq.
– HARD THING an amusing, exciting, eccentric, and/or resolute person; a ‘character’; typically one who is tough and adventurous …1918 NZ colloq.
– HARD TICKET a humorist; an eccentric …1966 Irish sl.
– HATTER a person who lives or works alone, esp. in an isolated rural location; hence, a loner, a solitary eccentric …c1872 Aust. & NZ
– HEADBIN a crazy, unstable person; an eccentric; a ‘head case’ …1996 Ulster sl.
– HEADCASE a person whose behaviour is violent and unpredictable, bizarre, or markedly eccentric; such a person characterized as mentally ill or unstable …1965 sl.
– HJOKFINNI an eccentric, odd-looking person …1897 Sc. 
– IDENTITY a noted person; an odd, eccentric, or interesting person …1874 Aust. & NZ sl. 
– KANGAROOSTER an amusing or eccentric person …1920s Aust. sl.
– KEERIOSITY, KIRIOSITY, QUEERIOSITY curiosity, inquisitiveness; a curious or eccentric person or object …1706 Sc.
– KEITH MOON a crazy or eccentric person; a lunatic …1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘loon’ 
– KINKO an eccentric person …1960s US sl.
– KOOK a cranky, crazy, or eccentric person …1960 sl.
– LIVE ONE n eccentric person, with implications of homosexuality …1970s sl.
– LOON a crazy or eccentric person; a simpleton …1885 sl.
– LOONY BIRD a person who is at least eccentric, at most mentally unstable or irrational …1964 US sl.
– MAD HADDOCK an exceptionally eccentric person …20C Aust. sl.
– MAD HATTER a highly eccentric or crazy person …1905
– MAN IN THE MOON a fool, an eccentric or crazy person …20C rhyming sl. for ‘loon’
– MARTIAN an eccentric person …1978 Amer. sl.
– MASER, MAZER anything out of the uncommon; a wonder; something unusual; an eccentric person …1890 Eng. dial.
– MENTALIST an eccentric …1990s UK juvenile sl.
– MENTALLER an eccentric …1990s UK juvenile sl.
– MESHIGANER, MESHIGGANA, MESHIGINA a crazy or eccentric person …1946 US sl., orig. Jewish-American
– MESHUGA, MESHUGER a crazy or eccentric person …1946 US sl., orig. Jewish-American
– MESHUGANA, MESHUGANER, MESHUGGENER a crazy or eccentric person …1946 US sl., orig. Jewish-American
– MESS an odd, eccentric, or contemptible person …1936 US sl.
– MOONY COVE an eccentric person …Bk1909 sl.
– NAPOLEON n insane man; an eccentric-acting man …1930s US Black sl.
– NUT a crazy or insane person; an eccentric; a foolish person …1908 sl.
– NUTBOY a mad or crazy person; an eccentric …1964 US colloq.
– NUTCAKE an eccentric or crazy person …1967 US sl.
– NUT CASE an eccentric; a madman …1944 Aust. sl.
– NUTHEAD a mad or crazy person; an eccentric …1952 sl.
– NUT JOB an insane or very eccentric person …1972 Amer. sl.
– NUTSO a crazy or eccentric person; also a derisive form of address …1975 sl., chiefly US
– ODDBALL a bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming person, esp. one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless …1948 Amer. colloq.
– ODD BOD an eccentric, strange person; an odd man out  …1940s US sl., orig. military
– ODD-COME-SHORT an eccentric person …1967 Amer. dial.
– ODD FISH an eccentric person …M17 sl.
– ODDLIN(G) an odd or eccentric person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ODD ONE an eccentric person …1874 Eng. dial.
– ODD STICK an eccentric person …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– OFF-HORSE an odd or eccentric person …1879 Amer. dial.
– OLD FOGEY, OLD FOGY an old, eccentric person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– OLD IDENTITY a person, usually an eccentric one, a ‘character’ …M19 sl.
– OLD STICK an eccentric person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ONE an eccentric or amusing person …L19 sl.
– ONE-LUNGER an eccentric …2000s US sl.
– POT O’ ONE a bachelor, one who lives alone; an eccentric person, one who differs from others …1896 Eng. dial.
– PRUNE an eccentric; a dreamer … c1900 Amer. sl.
– PSYCHO an eccentric; a nut …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– QUARE FELLA an eccentric; an unusual person …M19 Irish sl.
– QUEER an eccentric person …1940s sl.
– QUEER BIRD an odd, eccentric person …M19 sl.
– QUEER CARD an odd, eccentric person …M19 sl.
– QUEER CUSTOMER an odd or eccentric person …M19 sl.
– QUEER FELLOW an odd, eccentric person …1712 sl.
– QUEER FISH an odd or eccentric person …1772 sl.
– QUEER MERCHANT an odd or eccentric person …M19 sl.
– QUEER STICK an odd person; an eccentric person …L19 sl.
– QUIS, QUIZ * an odd or eccentric person, in character or appearance ..1782 
– QUISBY an eccentric person …1838 sl.
– RATBAG a term of abuse; a rogue, an eccentric …1890 sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
– REAL DAG, A someone or something extraordinary or entertaining; an amusingly eccentric or impudent person; a character …1875 Aust. & NZ sl.
– SCREWBALL a crazy or eccentric person …1933 sl., chiefly US
– SPACE CADET a mad or eccentric person …1956 US sl.
– SPACE QUEEN a person who seems to have their head in the clouds; a mad or eccentric person …1982 US college sl.
– SPACKHEAD a fool; an eccentric person …2003 UK juvenile sl.
– SPORT an eccentric …L19 US sl.
– TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TIKE, TYKE an odd, queer or eccentric person; a cantankerous person …1740 Sc. & Eng. dial. 
– TONTO a crazy or eccentric person …1973 sl., orig. US
– UNACCOUNTABLE an unaccountable person; an odd or strange person; a remarkable or eccentric person …1748
– WACK, WHACK a crazy or eccentric person …1938 sl., orig. US
– WACKADOO an eccentric …Bk1980 Amer. sl.
– WACKER a crazy, zany, irrational, peculiar, eccentric, or amusing person …1965 Aust. sl. 
– WACK JOB a person who is mentally ill; an eccentric or insane person …1979 US sl.
– WACKO, WHACKO a crazy or eccentric person …1977 sl., orig. & chiefly US
– WALL-HUGGER an eccentric, a mad person …1980s sl.
– WANK a funny, odd, amusing, or eccentric person …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– WANKER a funny, odd, amusing, or eccentric person …Bk1988 Aust. sl. 
– WEIRDIE, WEIRDY a crazy or eccentric person …1894 sl.
– WEIRDO a crazy or eccentric person …1955 sl.
– WIG an eccentric …1950s Amer. sl.
– WILD DRAVE a madcap; an eccentric person …1876 Eng. dial.
– WOMBAT a strange or eccentric person …1980s US teen sl.
– WONK a crazy, eccentric person …Brit. sl.
– ZIB an eccentric person …1918 US sl.
– ZIGGERBOO an eccentric or crazy person …1947 US sl.
– ZOD an eccentric; a strange person …1983 campus & teen sl.
– ZOMBIE a weird and frightening person; a weird or bizarre looking person; a person exhibiting eccentric behaviour; a character…c1940 Amer. student sl. 
eccentric – verbs
– ECCENTRIZE to play the eccentric …1836 nonce word
– GET THE DARLING PEA to act eccentrically …L19 Aust. sl.
– HAVE A BEE IN ONE’S BONNET to be eccentric or flighty …1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAVE A BEE IN ONE’S HEAD to be eccentric or flighty …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– HAVE A FEW BUTTONS MISSING to be crazy, eccentric, stupid, or less intelligent than average …1949 Amer. dial.
– HAVE A LOOSE NUT to be eccentric …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HAVE A LOOSE SCREW to be eccentric …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HAVE BATS IN THE BELFRY to be mad or eccentric …1911 UK sl.
– HAVE MAGGOTS IN THE BRAIN to be eccentric …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HAVE MAGGOTS IN THE HEAD to be eccentric, crotchety …L19 colloq.
– HAVE STRAWS IN ONE’S HAIR to be insane, eccentric, or distracted 
– HAVE THE DARLING PEA to act eccentrically …L19 Aust. sl.
– HAVE THE DINGBATS to be mad, stupid, or eccentric …1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
– HAVE WHEELS to be eccentric …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– HAVE WHEELS IN THE HEAD to be eccentric …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
eccentric – phrases 
– NOT A FULL ROW OF BUTTONS said of someone who is eccentric or less intelligent than average …1965 Amer. dial.
 
ECCENTRICALLY – adverbs
– KOOKILY in a crazy or eccentric manner …1968 sl.
 
ECCENTRICITY – nouns
– DARLING PEA madness; eccentricity …L19 Aust. sl.
– EXTRAVAGANCY † abnormal or unusual character; eccentricity; impropriety, unbecomingness …1651
– FANTASTICALITY eccentricity, grotesqueness, oddity …1592
– QUEERALITIES eccentricities, peculiarities …20C Irish sl.
– RAT an obsession, an eccentricity …1920s sl.
 
ECCLESIASTIC, ECCLESIASTICAL – nouns
– BARRATRY the purchase or sale of ecclesiastical preferment, or of offices of state …1427
– TIPPET-SCUFFLE † an ecclesiastical wrangle …1641
ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical – person
– BARRATOR a person who buys or sells ecclesiastical preferments, a simonist; one who buys or sells offices of state …1427
– MAN OF THE CHURCH † an ecclesiastic …1523
 
ECHO – nouns
– WAFF of sounds: a soft strain; a faint echo; a murmur …1832 Sc.
– YELL an echo …Bk1905 Sc.
echo – verbs
– DUN † to echo or be filled with sounds; to resound, to ring …1440
– QUOTE to echo, to sound …1941 Amer. dial.
– YECKEY to echo …1843 Eng. dial.
 
ECHOING – adjectives
– REBOANT resounding, reverberating; loudly echoing …1830 chiefly literary and poetic usage