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idiosyncratic

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


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“She told me to do it myself,” Lee says, “as she designed her own gardens herself, and they are idiosyncratic just like she is.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

His family acquired on the cheap a museum-quality collection of Old Master and French Impressionist paintings, which they displayed in their various idiosyncratic homes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"Pakistani leaders are conducting shuttle diplomacy throughout the Middle East. The question is whether it is transitory and merely the product of the US president's idiosyncratic preferences."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

There are idiosyncratic reasons for each of the moves.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

It makes us sniff in idiosyncratic, recognizable family ways.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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