Hi guys,
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.)
It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week.
If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.
Here’s this week’s WOW:
Word:
Idiosyncrasy
Part Of Speech:
Noun
Derivatives:
None
Pronunciation:
- /ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈsɪŋkrəsi/
- id-i-o-syn-cra-sy
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Meaning:
- A mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
- A distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing.
- An abnormal physical reaction by an individual to a food or drug.
Synonyms:
Peculiarity, mannerism, fancy, fad, vagary.
Antonyms:
None
Word Origin:
Early 17th century (originally in the sense ‘physical constitution peculiar to an individual’): from Greek idiosunkrasia, from idios ‘own, private’ + sun ‘with’ + krasis ‘mixture’.
Usage Note:
None
Use In Sentences:
- One of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be in the car first.
- The idiosyncrasies of the prison system.
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