ἰδιοσυγκρασία

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ῐ̓́δῐος (ídios, peculiar) +‎ σῠν- (sun-, with) +‎ κρᾶσῐς (krâsis, mixture) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (idiosunkrāsíāf (genitive ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. peculiar temperament or habit, idiosyncrasy

Inflection

Descendants

  • Catalan: idiosincràsia (learned)
  • English: idiosyncrasy (learned)
  • French: idiosyncrasie (learned)

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