idiosyncrasyn.

Brit.

/ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈsɪŋkrəsi/, U.S.

/ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkrəsi/

Forms: 1600s idiosygcrasye, 1600s idiosyncresy, 1600s–1700s idiosyncrasie, 1600s– idiosyncracy (irregular), 1600s– idiosyncrasy, 1800s– ideosyncrasy (rare).

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French idiosyncrasie; Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία.

Etymology: < French idiosyncrasie peculiarity of physical or physiological constitution (1581 in Middle French; the sense ‘individual temperament, outlook, or behaviour of a person’ appears to be unparalleled until later: 1895 or earlier) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία peculiar temperament or habit of body < ἰδιοσύγκρασις ( < ancient Greek ἰδιο- idio- comb. form + σύγκρασις commixture, tempering < σύν- syn- prefix + κρᾶσις mixing, tempering: see crasis n.) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare post-classical Latin idiosyncrasia (from 1657 in British sources). Compare later idiosyncrasis n.

1. Originally: peculiarity of physical or physiological constitution; an instance of this. In later use: spec. (Pharmacology) unexpected adverse reaction to a drug or other substance occurring in an individual, as a result of allergy, metabolic variation, etc.; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > [noun] > peculiar to individual

idiosyncrasy1604

idiosyncrasis1654

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > peculiarity of constitution

idiosyncrasy1604

idiocrasy1653

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [noun] > hypersensitivity

idiosyncrasy1893

hypersensitiveness1906

hypersusceptibility1906

anaphylaxis1907

hypersensitization1908

hypersensitivity1914

atopy1923

1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat 29 The idiosygcrasye or particular Natures (as Galen calleth them) are vnknown.

1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xxvii. 152 Whether Quailes from any idiosyncracy or peculiarlty of constitution, doe innocuously feed upon Hellebore.

1722 E. Strother Diss. Ingraftment Small-pox 14 Pylarini observes, that the Symptoms after Inoculation vary according to the Diversity of Temperaments, the Nature of the Juices in the Mass of Blood and the Idiosyncrasy.

1753 C. Nugent Ess. Hydrophobia 94 Human Nature produces so great a Variety of Temperaments, each attended with Idiosyncrasies, or certain complexional Peculiarities, as it were, whimsically disaffected to some Medicines, that are often found serviceable to others in like Cases.

1828 Edinb. Rev. 47 39 The special and apparently capricious varieties of digestive power, which the learned call Idiosyncrasy.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 22 Temperaments are peculiarities of organization characterizing classes of individuals; idiosyncrasies, peculiarities belonging to single individuals.

1893 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 38 ii. 627 No very tenable theory has been put forward to explain the reason of idiosyncrasy to drugs.

1922 Jrnl. Immunol. 7 128 Peculiar drug reactions, known as idiosyncrasies, were well recognized, but they were not identified as allergies until 1916.

1932 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 13 May 440/2 Mention was made..of the frequent lack of adequate proof of the supposed irritant action of certain dyes and of the difficulties due to idiosyncrasy.

1971 Lancet 25 Sept. 698/2 Idiosyncrasy to CS has not been reported, and the old and young do not seem to be at exceptional risk.

2008 Jrnl. Allergy & Clin. Immunol. 121 601/1 How are these pathways related to intrinsic asthma and aspirin idiosyncrasy?

2. The individuality of a person's outlook, temperament, or behaviour; the distinctive nature of something.

ΚΠ

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words sig. T2/2 Idiosyncrasie, the proper, or natural temper of any thing.

1710 R. Ward Life H. More 123 That Indignation..was apt, according to the Idiosyncrasy of his Genius, to stir up the Merry Humour in him; he being more prone to laugh than to be severely Angry or Surly.

1825 J. M. Good Study Med. (ed. 2) II. 373 The habit or idiosyncracy of most anatomists fortunately renders them altogether unsusceptive of its impression.

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. iv. 58 The pertinacious idiosyncrasy of the Gallic genius.

1918 F. E. Pierce Currents & Eddies in Eng. Romantic Generation i. iii. 85 The frame of the old ballad even..was a legacy of the ardour, the life, and the idiosyncrasy of the Northmen who left their descendants in our glens.

1977 Times 15 Nov. 17/5 The idiosyncrasy of his piano-playing.

2000 J. Caughie Television Drama v. 135 The centrality of character demands an organization of time and space which will allow the materiality and complexity of characters to emerge in all their idiosyncrasy.

3. A way of thinking or a mode of behaviour limited to a particular person, people, or type of person; an individual mental characteristic; a view or feeling identified with a single person or people.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > individual qualities

spiritc1384

idiosyncrasy1661

old tricka1822

the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > distinguishing feature

thewc888

qualitya1400

vein1536

trick1608

idiosyncrasy1661

personality1710

turn1729

trait1752

character trait1792

the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun] > of an individual or group

idiosyncrasy1661

social will1853

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xiii. 122 The Understanding hath its Idiosyncrasies, as well as other faculties.

1760 J. Wesley Serm. Several Occasions (new ed.) 132 There may be an Idiosyncrasy, a Peculiarity in your Constitution of Soul.

1849 Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 3 463 These amoks result from an idiosyncrasy or peculiar temperament common amongst Malays.

1867 J. Stoughton Eccl. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 431 And again, the idiosyncrasies of individuals must be taken into account, since they always powerfully contribute to produce varieties of spiritual life.

1924 C. E. O. Carter Conc. Encycl. Psychol. Astrol. 114 Virgo, however, is frequently extremely given over to foibles and personal idiosyncrasies which warp the mental outlook.

1934 R. Riskin It Happened One Night in 6 Screenplays (1997) 242 I have an idiosyncrasy all my own [when undressing]. You'll notice my coat came first—then the tie—then the shirt—now, according to Hoyle, the pants should come next.

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill v. 158 Where he went Adam was offered cheese-cakes and, as a refusal was considered either as a reflection upon the quality of the cakes or a deplorable idiosyncrasy in himself, he ate them until he was satiated.

2003 P. Martin Mammoth Bk. Cocktails ii. 22 One idiosyncrasy of the tequila drinker is the desire to swill the last mouthful in the bottle and with it the Agave worm.

4. A distinctive feature of something or somewhere; spec. a mode of expression limited to a particular author or language.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work

stylec1330

languagec1350

vein1522

phrase1530

idiosyncrasy1839

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. vi. 596 The elaborate delineations of Jonson, or the marked idiosyncracies of Shakspeare.

1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. i. 11 We must not..believe that we know a language because we can successfully imitate the idiosyncracies of a few of its literary men.

1937 Greece & Rome 7 5 A study which concentrates solely upon the machinery of expression, upon the grammatical structure, upon the idiosyncrasies,..is a barren study.

1962 E. Wilson Jrnl. Oct. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 171 I talked animatedly and relievedly about the idiosyncrasies of Hungarian grammar, polite forms, etc.

1992 R. Manning Swamp Root Chron. vi. 83 He could introduce the rest of us to every cranny and idiosyncrasy of the Boston region.

2001 Book Jan.–Feb. 47/1 He'd scan through this text, checking for idiosyncrasies in the alleged author's language, his regionalisms, his use of phunky slang, his punctuation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	idiosyncrasy
释义	idiosyncrasyn. Brit. /ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈsɪŋkrəsi/, U.S. /ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkrəsi/ Forms: 1600s idiosygcrasye, 1600s idiosyncresy, 1600s–1700s idiosyncrasie, 1600s– idiosyncracy (irregular), 1600s– idiosyncrasy, 1800s– ideosyncrasy (rare). Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: French idiosyncrasie; Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία. Etymology: < French idiosyncrasie peculiarity of physical or physiological constitution (1581 in Middle French; the sense ‘individual temperament, outlook, or behaviour of a person’ appears to be unparalleled until later: 1895 or earlier) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία peculiar temperament or habit of body < ἰδιοσύγκρασις ( < ancient Greek ἰδιο- idio- comb. form + σύγκρασις commixture, tempering < σύν- syn- prefix + κρᾶσις mixing, tempering: see crasis n.) + -ία -y suffix³. Compare post-classical Latin idiosyncrasia (from 1657 in British sources). Compare later idiosyncrasis n. 1. Originally: peculiarity of physical or physiological constitution; an instance of this. In later use: spec. (Pharmacology) unexpected adverse reaction to a drug or other substance occurring in an individual, as a result of allergy, metabolic variation, etc.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > [noun] > peculiar to individual idiosyncrasy1604 idiosyncrasis1654 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > peculiarity of constitution idiosyncrasy1604 idiocrasy1653 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered sensation > [noun] > hypersensitivity idiosyncrasy1893 hypersensitiveness1906 hypersusceptibility1906 anaphylaxis1907 hypersensitization1908 hypersensitivity1914 atopy1923 1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat 29 The idiosygcrasye or particular Natures (as Galen calleth them) are vnknown. 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xxvii. 152 Whether Quailes from any idiosyncracy or peculiarlty of constitution, doe innocuously feed upon Hellebore. 1722 E. Strother Diss. Ingraftment Small-pox 14 Pylarini observes, that the Symptoms after Inoculation vary according to the Diversity of Temperaments, the Nature of the Juices in the Mass of Blood and the Idiosyncrasy. 1753 C. Nugent Ess. Hydrophobia 94 Human Nature produces so great a Variety of Temperaments, each attended with Idiosyncrasies, or certain complexional Peculiarities, as it were, whimsically disaffected to some Medicines, that are often found serviceable to others in like Cases. 1828 Edinb. Rev. 47 39 The special and apparently capricious varieties of digestive power, which the learned call Idiosyncrasy. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 22 Temperaments are peculiarities of organization characterizing classes of individuals; idiosyncrasies, peculiarities belonging to single individuals. 1893 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 38 ii. 627 No very tenable theory has been put forward to explain the reason of idiosyncrasy to drugs. 1922 Jrnl. Immunol. 7 128 Peculiar drug reactions, known as idiosyncrasies, were well recognized, but they were not identified as allergies until 1916. 1932 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 13 May 440/2 Mention was made..of the frequent lack of adequate proof of the supposed irritant action of certain dyes and of the difficulties due to idiosyncrasy. 1971 Lancet 25 Sept. 698/2 Idiosyncrasy to CS has not been reported, and the old and young do not seem to be at exceptional risk. 2008 Jrnl. Allergy & Clin. Immunol. 121 601/1 How are these pathways related to intrinsic asthma and aspirin idiosyncrasy? 2. The individuality of a person's outlook, temperament, or behaviour; the distinctive nature of something. ΚΠ 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words sig. T2/2 Idiosyncrasie, the proper, or natural temper of any thing. 1710 R. Ward Life H. More 123 That Indignation..was apt, according to the Idiosyncrasy of his Genius, to stir up the Merry Humour in him; he being more prone to laugh than to be severely Angry or Surly. 1825 J. M. Good Study Med. (ed. 2) II. 373 The habit or idiosyncracy of most anatomists fortunately renders them altogether unsusceptive of its impression. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. iv. 58 The pertinacious idiosyncrasy of the Gallic genius. 1918 F. E. Pierce Currents & Eddies in Eng. Romantic Generation i. iii. 85 The frame of the old ballad even..was a legacy of the ardour, the life, and the idiosyncrasy of the Northmen who left their descendants in our glens. 1977 Times 15 Nov. 17/5 The idiosyncrasy of his piano-playing. 2000 J. Caughie Television Drama v. 135 The centrality of character demands an organization of time and space which will allow the materiality and complexity of characters to emerge in all their idiosyncrasy. 3. A way of thinking or a mode of behaviour limited to a particular person, people, or type of person; an individual mental characteristic; a view or feeling identified with a single person or people. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > individual qualities spiritc1384 idiosyncrasy1661 old tricka1822 the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [noun] > distinguishing feature thewc888 qualitya1400 vein1536 trick1608 idiosyncrasy1661 personality1710 turn1729 trait1752 character trait1792 the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun] > of an individual or group idiosyncrasy1661 social will1853 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xiii. 122 The Understanding hath its Idiosyncrasies, as well as other faculties. 1760 J. Wesley Serm. Several Occasions (new ed.) 132 There may be an Idiosyncrasy, a Peculiarity in your Constitution of Soul. 1849 Jrnl. Indian Archipel. & Eastern Asia 3 463 These amoks result from an idiosyncrasy or peculiar temperament common amongst Malays. 1867 J. Stoughton Eccl. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 431 And again, the idiosyncrasies of individuals must be taken into account, since they always powerfully contribute to produce varieties of spiritual life. 1924 C. E. O. Carter Conc. Encycl. Psychol. Astrol. 114 Virgo, however, is frequently extremely given over to foibles and personal idiosyncrasies which warp the mental outlook. 1934 R. Riskin It Happened One Night in 6 Screenplays (1997) 242 I have an idiosyncrasy all my own [when undressing]. You'll notice my coat came first—then the tie—then the shirt—now, according to Hoyle, the pants should come next. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill v. 158 Where he went Adam was offered cheese-cakes and, as a refusal was considered either as a reflection upon the quality of the cakes or a deplorable idiosyncrasy in himself, he ate them until he was satiated. 2003 P. Martin Mammoth Bk. Cocktails ii. 22 One idiosyncrasy of the tequila drinker is the desire to swill the last mouthful in the bottle and with it the Agave worm. 4. A distinctive feature of something or somewhere; spec. a mode of expression limited to a particular author or language. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work stylec1330 languagec1350 vein1522 phrase1530 idiosyncrasy1839 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. vi. 596 The elaborate delineations of Jonson, or the marked idiosyncracies of Shakspeare. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. i. 11 We must not..believe that we know a language because we can successfully imitate the idiosyncracies of a few of its literary men. 1937 Greece & Rome 7 5 A study which concentrates solely upon the machinery of expression, upon the grammatical structure, upon the idiosyncrasies,..is a barren study. 1962 E. Wilson Jrnl. Oct. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 171 I talked animatedly and relievedly about the idiosyncrasies of Hungarian grammar, polite forms, etc. 1992 R. Manning Swamp Root Chron. vi. 83 He could introduce the rest of us to every cranny and idiosyncrasy of the Boston region. 2001 Book Jan.–Feb. 47/1 He'd scan through this text, checking for idiosyncrasies in the alleged author's language, his regionalisms, his use of phunky slang, his punctuation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604
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