Associations to the word «Idiosyncrasy»

Wiktionary

IDIOSYNCRASY, noun. A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
IDIOSYNCRASY, noun. A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.
IDIOSYNCRASY, noun. (medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.
IDIOSYNCRASY, noun. A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.

Dictionary definition

IDIOSYNCRASY, noun. A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope