idiosyncrasy UK /ˌɪdɪəʊˈsɪŋkɹəsi/US /ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkɹəsi/ noun3 •A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person or a group.Every village has its idiosyncrasy, its constitution, often its own code of morality. — 1891 •A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling and speech. •A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor; a risk factor.[…]I have no antipathy, or rather Idio-syncrasie, in dyet, humour, ayre, any thing; […]. — 1642 formsidiosyncrasies