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idiosyncratic

[id-ee-oh-sin-krat-ik, -sing-] / ˌɪd i oʊ sɪnˈkræt ɪk, -sɪŋ- /


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It was full of his idiosyncratic movements, frustrations of the opposition and punctuated with sweet drives through the covers.

From BBC

That book is an idiosyncratic account of the explorer’s life by Salvador de Madariaga, a Spanish historian, who insisted that Columbus was a Catalan crypto-Jew whose family had migrated to Genoa.

From The Wall Street Journal

These currencies were all strongly bought relative to peers in December with gains reflecting idiosyncratic factors rather than a shared narrative, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

But over the next half-century, her emotionally wrenching performances would turn her into an Oscar winner, while her idiosyncratic personal style made her a touchstone to generations of American women.

From The Wall Street Journal

Major record labels have been swarming to woo the band, whose idiosyncratic sound is characterized by eclectic arrangements, surprising song structures and Winter’s warbly singing style.

From The Wall Street Journal