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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)

This article appears in Volume V14, Page 288 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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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) , 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.


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