Idiosyncrasy

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 2 =Pronunciation 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 2.1.2 Related terms 2.1.3 Translations

English

Etymology

First attested in 1604 , in nowadays sense since 1665 , from French idiosyncrasie , from Greek idiosynkrasia "personal temperament, from idios personal, private (see also idiot, idiom) + synkrasis temperament, from syn- together + krasis mixture.

=Pronunciation

`ideeu'singkrusee

Noun

idiosyncracy

1. a way of behaving or thinking that is characteristic of a person

Synonyms

• foible
• mannerism

Related terms

• habit
• idiosyncratic
• peculiarity
• speciality , specialty , specialness
• trait

Translations

• German: Idiosynkrasie
• French: idiosyncrasie
• Spanish: idiosincrasia
• Italian: idiosincrasia
• Swedish: egenhet
• Russian: идиосинкразия f (medical sense), отличительная особенность/черта f