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IDIOSYNCRASY (Gr. Ibwavyspavia, peculiar habit of body or temperament; 'lbws, one's own, and viryKpao , blending, tempering, from o-vyiepavvvoOat, to put together, compound, mix)

IDIOSYNCRASY (Gr. Ibwavyspavia, See also:
PECULIAR
peculiar See also:
HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)
habit of See also:
BODY
body or temperament; 'lbws, one's own, and viryKpao , blending, tempering, from o-vyiepavvvoOat, to put together, See also:
COMPOUND
COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)
compound, mix) , a See also:

PHYSICAL

physical or See also:

MENTAL

mental See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition peculiar to an individual usually taking the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

SPECIAL

special susceptibility to particular stimuli; thus it is an idiosyncrasy of one individual that abnormal sensations of discomfort should be excited by certain odours or See also:

COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, by the presence in the See also:

ROOM

room of a See also:

cat, &c.; similarly certain persons are found to be peculiarly responsive or irresponsive to the See also:

ACTION

action of particular drugs. The word is also used, generally, of any eccentricity or peculiarity of See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, &c.

End of Article: IDIOSYNCRASY (Gr. Ibwavyspavia, peculiar habit of body or temperament; 'lbws, one's own, and viryKpao , blending, tempering, from o-vyiepavvvoOat, to put together, compound, mix)

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