Idiosyncrasies Word Meaning

early 17th century (originally in the sense ‘physical constitution peculiar to an individual’): from Greek idiosunkrasia, from idios ‘own, private’ + sun ‘with’ + krasis ‘mixture’

a mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual

mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to 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.

abnormal physical reaction by individual