idiosyncrasy
Meaning of idiosyncrasy
noun
- a mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
one of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be in the car first
- an abnormal physical reaction by an individual to a food or drug.
early 17th century (originally in the sense ‘physical constitution peculiar to an individual’): from Greek idiosunkrasia, from idios ‘own, private’ + sun ‘with’ + krasis ‘mixture’.
Information about idiosyncrasy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of idiosyncrasy is: idiosyncrasies.
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Hyphenation of idiosyncrasy
idio-syn-crasy
- It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
- idiosyncrasy is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
idiosyncrasy synonyms
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Words that rhyme with idiosyncrasy
acrasy, dyscrasy, eucrasy, idiocrasy, syncrasy, theocrasy, euphrasy, phrasy, trasy
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