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Word: Idiosyncrasy
Speech Type: Noun
early 17th century (originally in the sense ‘physical constitution peculiar to an individual’): from Greek idiosunkrasia, from idios ‘own, private’ + sun ‘with’ + krasis ‘mixture’
ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈsɪŋkrəsi
a mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual
Short Definition:mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to individual
Examples:- 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.
Short Definition:abnormal physical reaction by individual
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