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idiosyncratic
[ id-ee-oh-sin-krat-ik, -sing- ]
adjective
- pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual:
The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
idiosyncratic
/ ˌɪdɪəʊsɪŋˈkrætɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to idiosyncrasy; characteristic of a specific person
Derived Forms
- ˌidiosynˈcratically, adverb
Other Words From
- idi·o·syn·crati·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of idiosyncratic1
Example Sentences
Her striking new, vinyl-only single once again confirms St. Vincent's idiosyncratic talent.
However, there are a handful of new or idiosyncratic items that I throw into the conversation.
In 2012, Bentivolio filed as a long-shot primary candidate to take on idiosyncratic five-term incumbent Thaddeus McCotter.
He dropped a few hints about the “small,” “idiosyncratic” black-and-white movie that he will shoot after he finishes Crimson Peak.
So did drivers across Europe, who launched their own idiosyncratic protests Wednesday.
Perhaps for the first time in his life Edward Henry intimately understood what idiosyncratic elegance was.
Thus they tend to be more personal, more idiosyncratic, than in a book it would be lawful for a writer to be.
Indeed, those having an idiosyncratic susceptibility to alkaloids should be temperate in the use of tea, coffee, or cocoa.
Mr. Phoebus pursued a life in his island partly feudal, partly Oriental, partly Venetian, and partly idiosyncratic.
Under dosage, the circular states: A few patients may be idiosyncratic to the iodides and find they cannot take oxyl-iodide.
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