eccentric

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The two-time Oscar winner's upcoming film, A Visit To Grandpa's, follows a young boy who is sent to spend a summer with his eccentric grandfather on a Welsh farm, surprised by the adventures he finds.

From BBC

It hires restless aviators and eccentric daredevils to transport crazy stuff that no one else will.

From The Wall Street Journal

"They must have thought me very eccentric in the hospital, because I sat there quoting Shakespeare monologues," he said after his investiture ceremony.

From BBC

They seek help at a nearby castle and encounter the eccentric strangers who live there, holding a party.

From BBC

Then, just after the calamity of World War II, in a remote corner of eastern France, he moved Modernism’s goal posts with a single, eccentric, transcendent project.

From The Wall Street Journal