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[syn: idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Idiosyncrasy \Id`i*o*syn"cra*sy\, n.; pl. Idiosyncrasies. [Gr.
?; 'i`dios proper, peculiar + ? a mixing together, fr. ? to
mix together; ? with + ? to mix: cf. F. idiosyncrasie. See
Idiom, and Crasis.]
A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or
temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and
distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility;
idiocrasy; eccentricity.
[1913 Webster]
The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the
idiosyncrasies of the body. --I. Taylor.
Idiosyncratic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
idiosyncrasy
n 1: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to
an individual [syn: idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism]