idiosyncratic
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idiosyncratic
- /ˌɪd.i.əʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/ UK
- /-ˌsɪŋ-/ UK
- /ˌɪd.i.oʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/ Canada, US
- [ˌɪd.i.oʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæɾ.ɪk] Canada, US
- /-ˌsɪŋ-/ Canada, US
- /ˌɪd.i.əʉ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/ Australia
- [ˌɪd.i.əʉ.sɪŋˈkɹæɾ.ɪk] Australia
- /-ˌsɪŋ-/ Australia
- /ˌəd.i.ɐʉ.səŋˈkɹɛt.ək/ New Zealand
- [ˌəd.i.ɐʉ.səŋˈkɹɛɾ.ək] New Zealand
- /-ˌsəŋ-/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ætɪk
Where it comes from
From idiosyncrasy + -ic. By surface analysis, idio- + syn- + -cratic.
adjective more idiosyncratic · most idiosyncratic
- Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric. At the time, I set it down to some idiosyncratic, personal distaste […] but I have since had reason to believe the cause to lie much deeper in the nature of man.
