idiosyncratic UK /ˌɪd.i.əʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/US /ˌɪd.i.oʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/ adjective1 •Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.At the time, I set it down to some idiosyncratic, personal distaste […] but I have since had reason to believe the cause to lie much deeper in the nature of man. — 1886 formsmore idiosyncratic · most idiosyncratic