偏へん奇き

noun

eccentricity

Refers to a person's odd, unconventional, or quirky nature. The kanji 偏奇 is literary and uncommon; in modern Japanese, へんくつ or the loanword エキセントリック are more frequent.

• 彼かれの偏へん奇きな行こう動どうに周しゅう囲いは戸と惑まどった。

  People around him were puzzled by his eccentric behavior.

• この作さっ家かの作さく品ひんには独どく特とくの偏へん奇きが感かんじられる。

  One can sense a unique eccentricity in this author's works.