[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

idiosyncrasy \id`iosyn"crasy\, n.; pl. idiosyncrasies. gr.
   ?; 'i`dios proper, peculiar + ? a mixing together, fr. ? to
   mix together; ? with + ? to mix: cf. f. idiosyncrasie. see
   idiom, and crasis.
   a peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or
   temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and
   distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility;
   idiocrasy; eccentricity.
   1913 webster

         the individual mind . . . takes its tone from the
         idiosyncrasies of the body.              --i. taylor.
   idiosyncratic
see also:
idiosyncrasies idiom crasis 

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