Definition of idiosyncratic in English:

idiosyncratic

adjective ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)sɪŋˈkratɪkˌɪdiəsɪŋˈkrædɪk

Relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual.
特殊的，独特的
she emerged as one of the great, idiosyncratic talents of the nineties
她作为90年代伟大独特的天才之一脱颖而出。
Example sentencesExamples
- His operating model is thus entirely personal, and entirely idiosyncratic.
- And the picture is made more confused by McLean's own idiosyncratic personality.
- They're just so idiosyncratic and quirky - and yet, they're also still being made.
- It remains to be seen whether Irish television can prove a sympathetic home for more idiosyncratic talents than that.
- The differences are sometimes idiosyncratic, but they may also reflect deeper divisions of allegiance.
- His fans long ago came to terms with the intensely coded, idiosyncratic and bizarre thing that is Dylan.
- The aim of linguistic research is to discover the general rules, not to list the idiosyncratic and the irregular.
- She is warm, funny, idiosyncratic and a dedicated people watcher.
- The author has a distinctive, idiosyncratic style that draws you in and keeps you reading.
- One longs for less to distract you from his unique world-view and wonderfully idiosyncratic voice.
- It is idiosyncratic to the individual carer, staff member, or nursing home.
- However grand or private or idiosyncratic a state of affairs I have in mind, I can go on hoping for it in the only way that remains possible to me.
- And that, as much as its unlikely origins, sums up the idiosyncratic charms of a unique golfing venue.
- When a lot of diverse people pursue their idiosyncratic interests, unexpected things happen.
- Always an idiosyncratic individualist, he seems to have introduced his own pronunciations for the names of players.
- The other type of risk is idiosyncratic risk, or risk that is unique to an individual in the market.
- Nor does she swamp the material with idiosyncratic, personal embellishments.
- He dapples and sprays his canvas with sound, and the fact he is self-taught makes his music even more idiosyncratic and unique.
- You get the sense that you were surrounded by idiosyncratic and iconoclastic people.
- Penn does a marvelous job in fleshing out the little idiosyncratic elements of his character.
Synonyms
distinctive, individual, characteristic, distinct, distinguishing, peculiar, individualistic, different, typical, special, specific, representative, unique, personal, private, essential
eccentric, unconventional, uncommon, abnormal, irregular, aberrant, anomalous, odd, off-centre, quirky, queer, strange, weird, bizarre, outlandish, freakish, extraordinary
rare singular

Derivatives

idiosyncratically

adverb ɪdɪə(ʊ)sɪŋˈkratɪk(ə)liˌɪdiəsɪŋˈkrædək(ə)li

While there are several fine left-of-center sites, the blogosphere currently tilts right, albeit idiosyncratically, reflecting the hard-to-pigeonhole politics of some leading bloggers.
Example sentencesExamples
- At a time when most bookstores have enough floor space to sell station wagons or livestock, Query Books is one of the pleasant anomalies - a smartly and idiosyncratically stocked shop with more character than square footage.
- They do not hesitate to dress idiosyncratically, speak dramatically and in general cultivate affectations that would be bizarre in most other professions.
- On the other hand, there were five artists from Bidyadanga, a remote West Australian community producing vibrant idiosyncratically coloured canvases, which have shot up in price in the past 12 months.
- All that we have to show for nearly six decades of post-colonial art is a single monumental conspectus: an indispensable, if idiosyncratically argued, overview of art in India from the 1890s to the 1990s.

Origin

Late 18th century: from idiosyncrasy, on the pattern of Greek sunkratikos 'mixed together'.

Rhymes

achromatic, acrobatic, Adriatic, aerobatic, anagrammatic, aquatic, aristocratic, aromatic, asthmatic, athematic, attic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, chromatic, cinematic, climatic, dalmatic, democratic, diagrammatic, diaphragmatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, epigrammatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, hieratic, hydrostatic, hypostatic, idiomatic, isochromatic, lymphatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, miasmatic, monochromatic, monocratic, monogrammatic, numismatic, operatic, panchromatic, pancreatic, paradigmatic, phlegmatic, photostatic, piratic, plutocratic, pneumatic, polychromatic, pragmatic, prelatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, semi-automatic, Socratic, somatic, static, stigmatic, sub-aquatic, sylvatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, thermostatic, traumatic

Definition of idiosyncratic in US English:

idiosyncratic

adjectiveˌidēəsiNGˈkradikˌɪdiəsɪŋˈkrædɪk

Relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual.
特殊的，独特的
she emerged as one of the great, idiosyncratic talents of the nineties
她作为90年代伟大独特的天才之一脱颖而出。
Example sentencesExamples
- His fans long ago came to terms with the intensely coded, idiosyncratic and bizarre thing that is Dylan.
- The author has a distinctive, idiosyncratic style that draws you in and keeps you reading.
- The differences are sometimes idiosyncratic, but they may also reflect deeper divisions of allegiance.
- The other type of risk is idiosyncratic risk, or risk that is unique to an individual in the market.
- They're just so idiosyncratic and quirky - and yet, they're also still being made.
- One longs for less to distract you from his unique world-view and wonderfully idiosyncratic voice.
- Nor does she swamp the material with idiosyncratic, personal embellishments.
- His operating model is thus entirely personal, and entirely idiosyncratic.
- Always an idiosyncratic individualist, he seems to have introduced his own pronunciations for the names of players.
- You get the sense that you were surrounded by idiosyncratic and iconoclastic people.
- It is idiosyncratic to the individual carer, staff member, or nursing home.
- And the picture is made more confused by McLean's own idiosyncratic personality.
- She is warm, funny, idiosyncratic and a dedicated people watcher.
- He dapples and sprays his canvas with sound, and the fact he is self-taught makes his music even more idiosyncratic and unique.
- When a lot of diverse people pursue their idiosyncratic interests, unexpected things happen.
- However grand or private or idiosyncratic a state of affairs I have in mind, I can go on hoping for it in the only way that remains possible to me.
- And that, as much as its unlikely origins, sums up the idiosyncratic charms of a unique golfing venue.
- Penn does a marvelous job in fleshing out the little idiosyncratic elements of his character.
- The aim of linguistic research is to discover the general rules, not to list the idiosyncratic and the irregular.
- It remains to be seen whether Irish television can prove a sympathetic home for more idiosyncratic talents than that.
Synonyms
distinctive, individual, characteristic, distinct, distinguishing, peculiar, individualistic, different, typical, special, specific, representative, unique, personal, private, essential

Origin

Late 18th century: from idiosyncrasy, on the pattern of Greek sunkratikos ‘mixed together’.

词汇	idiosyncratic
释义	Definition of idiosyncratic in English: idiosyncratic adjective ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)sɪŋˈkratɪkˌɪdiəsɪŋˈkrædɪk Relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual. 特殊的，独特的 she emerged as one of the great, idiosyncratic talents of the nineties 她作为90年代伟大独特的天才之一脱颖而出。 Example sentencesExamples His operating model is thus entirely personal, and entirely idiosyncratic. And the picture is made more confused by McLean's own idiosyncratic personality. They're just so idiosyncratic and quirky - and yet, they're also still being made. It remains to be seen whether Irish television can prove a sympathetic home for more idiosyncratic talents than that. The differences are sometimes idiosyncratic, but they may also reflect deeper divisions of allegiance. His fans long ago came to terms with the intensely coded, idiosyncratic and bizarre thing that is Dylan. The aim of linguistic research is to discover the general rules, not to list the idiosyncratic and the irregular. She is warm, funny, idiosyncratic and a dedicated people watcher. The author has a distinctive, idiosyncratic style that draws you in and keeps you reading. One longs for less to distract you from his unique world-view and wonderfully idiosyncratic voice. It is idiosyncratic to the individual carer, staff member, or nursing home. However grand or private or idiosyncratic a state of affairs I have in mind, I can go on hoping for it in the only way that remains possible to me. And that, as much as its unlikely origins, sums up the idiosyncratic charms of a unique golfing venue. When a lot of diverse people pursue their idiosyncratic interests, unexpected things happen. Always an idiosyncratic individualist, he seems to have introduced his own pronunciations for the names of players. The other type of risk is idiosyncratic risk, or risk that is unique to an individual in the market. Nor does she swamp the material with idiosyncratic, personal embellishments. He dapples and sprays his canvas with sound, and the fact he is self-taught makes his music even more idiosyncratic and unique. You get the sense that you were surrounded by idiosyncratic and iconoclastic people. Penn does a marvelous job in fleshing out the little idiosyncratic elements of his character. Synonyms distinctive, individual, characteristic, distinct, distinguishing, peculiar, individualistic, different, typical, special, specific, representative, unique, personal, private, essential eccentric, unconventional, uncommon, abnormal, irregular, aberrant, anomalous, odd, off-centre, quirky, queer, strange, weird, bizarre, outlandish, freakish, extraordinary rare singular Derivatives idiosyncratically adverb ɪdɪə(ʊ)sɪŋˈkratɪk(ə)liˌɪdiəsɪŋˈkrædək(ə)li While there are several fine left-of-center sites, the blogosphere currently tilts right, albeit idiosyncratically, reflecting the hard-to-pigeonhole politics of some leading bloggers. Example sentencesExamples At a time when most bookstores have enough floor space to sell station wagons or livestock, Query Books is one of the pleasant anomalies - a smartly and idiosyncratically stocked shop with more character than square footage. They do not hesitate to dress idiosyncratically, speak dramatically and in general cultivate affectations that would be bizarre in most other professions. On the other hand, there were five artists from Bidyadanga, a remote West Australian community producing vibrant idiosyncratically coloured canvases, which have shot up in price in the past 12 months. All that we have to show for nearly six decades of post-colonial art is a single monumental conspectus: an indispensable, if idiosyncratically argued, overview of art in India from the 1890s to the 1990s. Origin Late 18th century: from idiosyncrasy, on the pattern of Greek sunkratikos 'mixed together'. Rhymes achromatic, acrobatic, Adriatic, aerobatic, anagrammatic, aquatic, aristocratic, aromatic, asthmatic, athematic, attic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, charismatic, chromatic, cinematic, climatic, dalmatic, democratic, diagrammatic, diaphragmatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, epigrammatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, hieratic, hydrostatic, hypostatic, idiomatic, isochromatic, lymphatic, melodramatic, meritocratic, miasmatic, monochromatic, monocratic, monogrammatic, numismatic, operatic, panchromatic, pancreatic, paradigmatic, phlegmatic, photostatic, piratic, plutocratic, pneumatic, polychromatic, pragmatic, prelatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, quadratic, rheumatic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, semi-automatic, Socratic, somatic, static, stigmatic, sub-aquatic, sylvatic, symptomatic, systematic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, thermostatic, traumatic Definition of idiosyncratic in US English: idiosyncratic adjectiveˌidēəsiNGˈkradikˌɪdiəsɪŋˈkrædɪk Relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual. 特殊的，独特的 she emerged as one of the great, idiosyncratic talents of the nineties 她作为90年代伟大独特的天才之一脱颖而出。 Example sentencesExamples His fans long ago came to terms with the intensely coded, idiosyncratic and bizarre thing that is Dylan. The author has a distinctive, idiosyncratic style that draws you in and keeps you reading. The differences are sometimes idiosyncratic, but they may also reflect deeper divisions of allegiance. The other type of risk is idiosyncratic risk, or risk that is unique to an individual in the market. They're just so idiosyncratic and quirky - and yet, they're also still being made. One longs for less to distract you from his unique world-view and wonderfully idiosyncratic voice. Nor does she swamp the material with idiosyncratic, personal embellishments. His operating model is thus entirely personal, and entirely idiosyncratic. Always an idiosyncratic individualist, he seems to have introduced his own pronunciations for the names of players. You get the sense that you were surrounded by idiosyncratic and iconoclastic people. It is idiosyncratic to the individual carer, staff member, or nursing home. And the picture is made more confused by McLean's own idiosyncratic personality. She is warm, funny, idiosyncratic and a dedicated people watcher. He dapples and sprays his canvas with sound, and the fact he is self-taught makes his music even more idiosyncratic and unique. When a lot of diverse people pursue their idiosyncratic interests, unexpected things happen. However grand or private or idiosyncratic a state of affairs I have in mind, I can go on hoping for it in the only way that remains possible to me. And that, as much as its unlikely origins, sums up the idiosyncratic charms of a unique golfing venue. Penn does a marvelous job in fleshing out the little idiosyncratic elements of his character. The aim of linguistic research is to discover the general rules, not to list the idiosyncratic and the irregular. It remains to be seen whether Irish television can prove a sympathetic home for more idiosyncratic talents than that. Synonyms distinctive, individual, characteristic, distinct, distinguishing, peculiar, individualistic, different, typical, special, specific, representative, unique, personal, private, essential Origin Late 18th century: from idiosyncrasy, on the pattern of Greek sunkratikos ‘mixed together’.
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