eccentric vs off-the-wall

eccentric

adj
  • Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange. 

  • Having a different center; not concentric. 

  • Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter). 

  • Having different goals or motives. 

  • Not at or in the centre; away from the centre. 

  • Not perfectly circular; elliptical. 

noun
  • One who does not behave like others. 

  • A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs. 

  • A circle not having the same centre as another. 

  • An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle. 

  • A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion. 

off-the-wall

adj
  • Wildly unconventional; bizarre; absurd. 

  • Of a person's behaviour: greatly inappropriate. 

How often have the words eccentric and off-the-wall occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )