Eccentrical to Eclectic
Eccentrical
(Ec*cen"tric*al) a. See Eccentric.
Eccentrically
(Ec*cen"tric*al*ly), adv. In an eccentric manner.
Drove eccentrically here and there.
Lew Wallace. Eccentricity
(Ec`cen*tric"i*ty) n.; pl. Eccentricities [Cf. F. excentricité.]
1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.
2. (Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its
semi-transverse axis.
3. (Astron.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of
the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
4. (Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which
it turns; the throw.
Ecchymose
(Ec"chy*mose) v. t. (Med.) To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of
blood, beneath the skin; — chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.
Ecchymosis
(||Ec`chy*mo"sis) n.; pl. Ecchymoses [NL., fr. Gr. fr. to extravasate; out of + to pour.]
(Med.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar
tissue from a contusion.
Ecchymotic
(Ec`chy*mot"ic) a. Pertaining to ecchymosis.
Eccle
(Ec"cle) n. (Zoöl.) The European green woodpecker; — also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle. [Prov.
Eng.]
Ecclesia
(||Ec*cle"si*a) n.; pl. Ecclesiæ [L., fr. Gr. .]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
2. (Eccl.) A church, either as a body or as a building.
Ecclesial
(Ec*cle"si*al) a. Ecclesiastical. [Obs.] Milton.
Ecclesiarch
(Ec*cle"si*arch) n. [LL. ecclesiarcha, fr. Gr. church + to rule: cf. F. ecclésiarque.] An official
of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.
Ecclesiast
(Ec*cle"si*ast) n.
1. An ecclesiastic. Chaucer.
2. The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. [Obs.]
Ecclesiastes
(Ec*cle`si*as"tes) n. [L., fr. Gr. a preacher. See Ecclesiastic, a.] One of the canonical
books of the Old Testament.
Ecclesiastic
(Ec*cle`si*as"tic) a. [L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. fr. an assembly of citizens called out by the
crier; also, the church, fr. called out, fr. to call out; out + to call. See Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.] Of
or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." Swift.
