IDIOSYNCRASY


Meaning of IDIOSYNCRASY in English

n. (pl. -ies)

1. a mental constitution, view or feeling, or mode of behaviour, peculiar to a person.

2 anything highly individualized or eccentric.

3 a mode of expression peculiar to an author.

4 Med. a physical constitution peculiar to a person.

Derivatives:

idiosyncratic adj. idiosyncratically adv.

Etymology: Gk idiosugkrasia f. idios own + sun together + krasis mixture

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.