# idiosyncratic

Pronunciation: say "id-ee-oh-sing-KRA-tik" US /ˌɪd.i.oʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/, UK /ˌɪd.i.əʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/, AUS /ˌɪd.i.əʉ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/

## Adjective

1. Peculiar to one individual and no one else; distinctive in an odd or eccentric way.
   - Simple: Belonging to one person only, and a bit strange or different from others.
   - _Her idiosyncratic spelling made the old letters hard to read but easy to recognize._
   - _The film is too idiosyncratic to win a big audience, but critics adored it._

## Origin

Formed from idiosyncrasy + the suffix -ic.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/idiosyncratic (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).