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idiosyncrasy
[ id-ee-uh-sing-kruh-see, -sin- ]
noun
- a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
Synonyms: quirk, peculiarity
- the physical constitution peculiar to an individual.
- a peculiarity of the physical or the mental constitution, especially susceptibility toward drugs, food, etc. Compare allergy ( def 1 ).
idiosyncrasy
/ ˌɪdɪəʊˈsɪŋkrəsɪ /
noun
- a tendency, type of behaviour, mannerism, etc, of a specific person; quirk
- the composite physical or psychological make-up of a specific person
- an abnormal reaction of an individual to specific foods, drugs, or other agents
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Other Words From
- id·i·o·syn·crat·ic [id-ee-oh-sin-, krat, -ik, -sing-], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of idiosyncrasy1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of idiosyncrasy1
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Example Sentences
In hay fever certain patients present a peculiar idiosyncrasy, often inherited, almost always neuroarthritic.
What reveals perhaps more distinctly than anything else Chopin's idiosyncrasy is his friendship for Titus Woyciechowski.
He had a constitutional dislike for falsehoods, which was perhaps not so much a virtue as an idiosyncrasy.
They chatted volubly over this idiosyncrasy, and even laughed at it, but quite decorously so that our feelings might be spared.
This very singular idiosyncrasy he attributed to a fright when he was an infant in the arms of his nurse.
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