idiosyncrasie

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Noun

idiosyncrasie f (plural idiosyncrasieën, diminutive idiosyncrasietje n)

  1. an idiosyncrasy, notably an individual hypersensitivity, as for a substance

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (idiosunkrāsíā).

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Noun

idiosyncrasie m (plural idiosyncrasies)

  1. idiosyncrasy

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