Id`i*o*syn"cra*sy (?), n.; pl.
Idiosyncrasies (#). [Gr. ?; 'i`dios
proper, peculiar + ? a mixing together, fr. ? to mix together;
? with + ? to mix: cf. F. idiosyncrasie. See Idiom,
and Crasis.] A peculiarity of physical or mental
constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and
distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility;
idiocrasy; eccentricity.
The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the
idiosyncrasies of the body.
I. Taylor.