idiosyncrasies

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Idiosyncrasies that once might have been viewed as irritating have now become endearing foibles.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010

Substantial Forms, Occult Qualities, Intentional Species, Idiosyncrasies, Sympathies and Antipathies of Things, are exploded...because they are only empty Sounds, Words whereof no Man can form a certain and determinate Idea.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Idiosyncrasies are not so noticeable in cattle practice as in practice among human beings, but the uncertainty with which some drugs exert their influence would lead us to believe that well-marked differences in susceptibility exist.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Idiosyncrasies against certain kinds of food have been found in both adults and children; these idiosyncrasies are manifested by pain and diarrhea whenever the offending foods have been eaten.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.

Idiosyncrasies may be temporary only—that is, due to an existing condition of the organism, which, whether natural or morbid, is of a transitory character.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various