Idiosyncratic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Idiosyncratic \Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic\, Idiosyncratical
  \Id`i*o*syn*crat"ic*al\, a.
     Of peculiar temper or disposition; belonging to one's
     peculiar and individual character.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  idiosyncratic
       adj : peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own
             idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly
             idiosyncratic style of painting"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  102 Moby Thesaurus words for "idiosyncratic":
     abnormal, anomalous, appropriate, characteristic, characterizing,
     connotative, contrastive, crank, crankish, cranky, crotchety,
     demonstrative, denominative, denotative, designative, deviant,
     deviative, diacritical, diagnostic, differencing, different,
     differential, differentiative, discriminating, discriminative,
     distinctive, distinguished, distinguishing, divergent, dotty,
     eccentric, emblematic, erratic, evidential, exceptional,
     exhibitive, expressive, fey, figural, figurative, flaky, freakish,
     funny, identifying, ideographic, idiocratic, implicative,
     in character, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual,
     individualizing, individuating, intrinsic, irregular, kinky, kooky,
     maggoty, marked, meaningful, metaphorical, naming, nutty, odd,
     oddball, pathognomonic, peculiar, personal, personalizing, private,
     proper, queer, quintessential, quirky, representative, screwball,
     screwy, semantic, semiotic, separative, signalizing, significant,
     significative, signifying, single, singular, strange, suggestive,
     symbolic, symbolistic, symbological, symptomatic, symptomatologic,
     true to form, twisted, typical, unconventional, unique, unnatural,
     wacky, whimsical