Usually means: Personal peculiarity distinguishing an individual.
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  1. idiosyncrasy: Merriam-Webster
  2. idiosyncrasy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. idiosyncrasy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. idiosyncrasy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. idiosyncrasy: Vocabulary.com
  6. idiosyncrasy: Wordnik
  7. idiosyncrasy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. idiosyncrasy: Wiktionary
  9. idiosyncrasy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. idiosyncrasy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. idiosyncrasy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. idiosyncrasy: Dictionary.com
  13. idiosyncrasy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. idiosyncrasy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Idiosyncrasy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Idiosyncrasy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. idiosyncrasy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. idiosyncrasy: Rhymezone
  19. idiosyncrasy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. idiosyncrasy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. idiosyncrasy: FreeDictionary.org
  22. idiosyncrasy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Idiosyncrasy: The Word Detective
  24. idiosyncrasy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Idiosyncrasy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  26. idiosyncrasy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Idiosyncrasy: Lexicon of Linguistics

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  1. idiosyncrasy: Legal dictionary

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  1. idiosyncrasy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. idiosyncrasy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. Idiosyncrasy: GLOSSARY OF ALLERGY TERMS
  5. idiosyncrasy: Medical dictionary

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  1. Idiosyncrasy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
noun:  A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.
noun:  (medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.
noun:  A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.

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