IDIOSYNCRASY (Gr. Ibwavyspavia,

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• PECULIAR

peculiar

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• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of

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• BODY

body or temperament; 'lbws, one's own, and viryKpao , blending, tempering, from o-vyiepavvvoOat, to put together,

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• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound, mix)  , a physical or mental condition peculiar to an individual usually taking the form of a special susceptibility to particular stimuli; thus it is an idiosyncrasy of one individual that abnormal sensations of discomfort should be excited by certain odours or colours, by the presence in the room of a cat, &c.; similarly certain persons are found to be peculiarly responsive or irresponsive to the action of particular drugs . The word is also used, generally, of any eccentricity or peculiarity of character, appearance, &c .