idiomatic

[ id-ee-uh-mat-ik ]

adjective

1. peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect:

   idiomatic French.

2. containing or using many idioms.
3. having a distinct style or character, especially in the arts:

   idiomatic writing; an idiomatic composer.

Other Words From

• idi·o·mati·cal·ly adverb
• idi·o·mati·cal·ness id·i·o·ma·tic·i·ty [id-ee-oh-m, uh, -, tis, -i-tee], noun
• nonid·i·o·matic adjective
• nonid·i·o·mati·cal adjective
• nonid·i·o·mati·cal·ly adverb
• nonid·i·o·mati·cal·ness noun
• unid·i·o·matic adjective
• unid·i·o·mati·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of idiomatic¹

1705–15; < Late Greek idiōmatikós, equivalent to idiōmat- (stem of idíōma ) idiom + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

The Distaff lost a lot of its firepower when Idiomatic, last year’s champion, scratched from the race.

From Los Angeles Times

She was scheduled to have a showdown with Idiomatic, but last year’s champion mare suffered an injury and was retired.

From Los Angeles Times

I was confident I was being scammed in some way but the idiomatic language and contextual knowledge of Westminster was unsettling.

From BBC

William Whitworth, who wrote revealing profiles in The New Yorker giving voice to his idiomatic subjects and polished the prose of some of the nation’s celebrated writers as its associate editor before transplanting that magazine’s painstaking standards to The Atlantic, where he was editor in chief for 20 years, died on Friday in Conway, Ark., near Little Rock.

From New York Times

The rest have been exclamatory or idiomatic.

From Los Angeles Times