idiosinkrazio

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῐ̓δῐοσῠγκρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (ĭdĭosŭnkrāsĭ́ā, peculiar habit or temperament), from ῐ̓́δῐος (ĭ́dĭos, peculiar) + σῠν- (sŭn-, with) + κρᾶσῐς (krâsĭs, mixture) + -ία (-ía). Compare French idiosyncrasie, Spanish and Italian idiosincrasia, Polish idiosynkrazja, Russian идиосинкрази́я (idiosinkrazíja), Yiddish אידיאָסינקראַסי (idyosinkrasi).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /idiosinkraˈzio/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: i‧di‧o‧sin‧kra‧zi‧o

Noun

idiosinkrazio (accusative singular idiosinkrazion, plural idiosinkrazioj, accusative plural idiosinkraziojn)

  1. idiosyncrasy

Derived terms