See also:

• IDIOSYNCRASY (Gr. Ibwavyspavia, peculiar habit of body or temperament; 'lbws, one's own, and viryKpao , blending, tempering, from o-vyiepavvvoOat, to put together, compound, mix)

IDIOSYNCRASY (Gr. Ibwavyspavia, See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

• 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 See also:

• BODY

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

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

compound, mix)  , a See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical or See also:

• MENTAL

mental See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to an individual usually taking the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• SPECIAL

special susceptibility to particular stimuli; thus it is an See also:

• IDIOSYNCRASY (Gr. Ibwavyspavia, peculiar habit of body or temperament; 'lbws, one's own, and viryKpao , blending, tempering, from o-vyiepavvvoOat, to put together, compound, mix)

idiosyncrasy of one individual that abnormal sensations of discomfort should be excited by certain odours or See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, by the presence in the See also:

• ROOM

room of a See also:

• CAT
• CAT, CIVET
• CAT, HOUSE

cat, &c.; similarly certain persons are found to be peculiarly responsive or irresponsive to the See also:

• ACTION

action of particular drugs . The word is also used, generally, of any eccentricity or peculiarity of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, &c .