eccentricity

eccentricity [ ek-suh'n-TRIS-i-tee ]
[ noun ]

MEANING :
1. a peculiarity or an oddity
2. idiosyncrasy or the quality of being strangely odd
3. a deviation from the normal or the expected

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
M. F. Hussain the famous artist is also noted for his eccentricity.

USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Oil City Confidential celebrates English eccentricity and cussedness, as well as great music, and the band’s brilliant, boggle-eyed guitarist Wilko Johnson is surely the only pop star in recorded history capable of quoting from Langland’s daunting Middle English poem Piers Plowman.