Associations to the word «Idiosyncratic»

Wiktionary

IDIOSYNCRATIC, adjective. Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.
IDIOSYNCRATIC REACTION, noun. (pharmacy) (medicine) A reaction to a medication that is unusual and unpredictable, specific to a particular person. Unlike allergy, it can occur on first exposure to the medication, unlike a side effect, it affects only very few individuals.

Dictionary definition

IDIOSYNCRATIC, adjective. Peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley