idiosyncratic
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/ˌɪd.i.əʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/
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/ˌɪd.i.əʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/ · /-ˌsɪŋ-/ · /ˌɪd.i.oʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/ · [ˌɪd.i.oʊ.sɪŋˈkɹæɾ.ɪk] · /ˌɪd.i.əʉ.sɪŋˈkɹæt.ɪk/ · [ˌɪd.i.əʉ.sɪŋˈkɹæɾ.ɪk] · /ˌəd.i.ɐʉ.səŋˈkɹɛt.ək/ · [ˌəd.i.ɐʉ.səŋˈkɹɛɾ.ək] · /-ˌsəŋ-/
Definition of idiosyncratic
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.
“At the time, I set it down to some idiosyncratic, personal distaste […] but I have since had reason to believe the cause to lie much deeper in the nature of man.”
“It was no merely idiosyncratic experience, for the youth had the same: it was love!”
“British Director Ronald Eyre kept the action crisp; he was correctly content to execute the composer's wishes, rather than impose a fashionably idiosyncratic view of his own.”
“I’m not saying that [Charlie] Kaufman’s film will be enshrined as a classic, as those [Stanley] Kubrick films are. It’s too idiosyncratic and demanding for that: many viewers will be thinking of ending it halfway through”
“The name “Quentin” clearly operates as a lucky charm if you’re an idiosyncratic film-maker, especially if you deal with sudden death, craziness and Z-movie Americana.”
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Etymology
From idiosyncrasy + -ic. By surface analysis, idio- + syn- + -cratic.
Words you can make from idiosyncratic
200+ playable · top: CRYONICIST (17 pts)
Best play cryonicist 17 points10-letter words
7 words9-letter words
26 words- CNIDOCYST 17 pts
- DYSCRATIC 17 pts
- IDIOCRACY 17 pts
- ICONICITY 16 pts
- INTRICACY 16 pts
- OSCITANCY 16 pts
- DIONYSIAC 15 pts
- NORDICITY 15 pts
- RANCIDITY 15 pts
- TYROCIDIN 15 pts
- CANCROIDS 14 pts
- CARCINOID 14 pts
- CARIOSITY 14 pts
- CARYOTINS 14 pts
- CRAYONIST 14 pts
- DIACRITIC 14 pts
- DIACTINIC 14 pts
- CISTRONIC 13 pts
- NARCISTIC 13 pts
- NARCOTICS 13 pts
- OITICICAS 13 pts
- ACTINOIDS 12 pts
- DIARISTIC 12 pts
- INDICATOR 12 pts
- INDICTORS 12 pts
- RADIONICS 12 pts
8-letter words
51 words- CONICITY 15 pts
- CRYONICS 15 pts
- CYANITIC 15 pts
- CYANOTIC 15 pts
- ISOCRACY 15 pts
- SCARCITY 15 pts
- ACRIDITY 14 pts
- DYNASTIC 14 pts
- DYSTOCIA 14 pts
- DYSTONIC 14 pts
- ACIDOTIC 13 pts
- CANCROID 13 pts
- CARDITIC 13 pts
- CARYOTIN 13 pts
- CRICOIDS 13 pts
- DICASTIC 13 pts
- DICROTIC 13 pts
- DRACONIC 13 pts
- INCISORY 13 pts
- IONICITY 13 pts
- SCINCOID 13 pts
- ACONITIC 12 pts
- ACROSTIC 12 pts
- CATIONIC 12 pts
- CRATONIC 12 pts
- DYSTONIA 12 pts
- NARCOTIC 12 pts
- OITICICA 12 pts
- TARDYONS 12 pts
- ACTINOID 11 pts
- CARDITIS 11 pts
- CAROTIDS 11 pts
- CRINOIDS 11 pts
- DIATONIC 11 pts
- DICTIONS 11 pts
- DIORITIC 11 pts
- INDICIAS 11 pts
- INDICTOR 11 pts
- SARDONIC 11 pts
- TORNADIC 11 pts
- TRIACIDS 11 pts
- TRIADICS 11 pts
- AORISTIC 10 pts
- CANTORIS 10 pts
- CAROTINS 10 pts
- CORTINAS 10 pts
- CROSTINI 10 pts
- ISATINIC 10 pts
- DIATRONS 9 pts
- DISTRAIN 9 pts
- INTRADOS 9 pts
7-letter words
83 words- CRYONIC 14 pts
- CYCASIN 14 pts
- ACIDITY 13 pts
- CYANIDS 13 pts
- CYSTOID 13 pts
- DACOITY 13 pts
- SYNODIC 13 pts
- ACCORDS 12 pts
- CACTOID 12 pts
- CRAYONS 12 pts
- CRICOID 12 pts
- OCTADIC 12 pts
- SATYRIC 12 pts
- SCANDIC 12 pts
- SYCONIA 12 pts
- TYRONIC 12 pts
- ACRONIC 11 pts
- ACROTIC 11 pts
- ACTINIC 11 pts
- ARCTICS 11 pts
- ARIDITY 11 pts
- ASCITIC 11 pts
- COCAINS 11 pts
- CRITICS 11 pts
- OCICATS 11 pts
- SATYRID 11 pts
- SCIATIC 11 pts
- TARDYON 11 pts
- AROYNTS 10 pts
- CANDORS 10 pts
- CARDIOS 10 pts
- CARDONS 10 pts
- CAROTID 10 pts
- CIRSOID 10 pts
- CONIDIA 10 pts
- COSTARD 10 pts
- CRINOID 10 pts
- DACOITS 10 pts
- DACRONS 10 pts
- DICTION 10 pts
- DISCANT 10 pts
- DRASTIC 10 pts
- IDIOTIC 10 pts
- INDICIA 10 pts
- INDICTS 10 pts
- OSTIARY 10 pts
- RAISINY 10 pts
- SARCOID 10 pts
- TRIACID 10 pts
- TRIADIC 10 pts
- ACTIONS 9 pts
- ATONICS 9 pts
- CANTORS 9 pts
- CAROTIN 9 pts
- CARTONS 9 pts
- CATIONS 9 pts
- CISTRON 9 pts
- CITRINS 9 pts
- CITRONS 9 pts
- CONTRAS 9 pts
- CORTINA 9 pts
- CORTINS 9 pts
- CRATONS 9 pts
- INCISOR 9 pts
- NARCIST 9 pts
- NORITIC 9 pts
- RACINOS 9 pts
- SATIRIC 9 pts
- SORITIC 9 pts
- DIARIST 8 pts
- DIATRON 8 pts
- DINITRO 8 pts
- DISTAIN 8 pts
- DONAIRS 8 pts
- INROADS 8 pts
- NITRIDS 8 pts
- ORDAINS 8 pts
- SADIRON 8 pts
- SORDINI 8 pts
- AROINTS 7 pts
- IRONIST 7 pts
- RATIONS 7 pts
- ROTINIS 7 pts
6-letter words
32 words- ACCORD 11 pts
- ACIDIC 11 pts
- CAIRNY 11 pts
- ACCOST 10 pts
- ACINIC 10 pts
- ARCTIC 10 pts
- CANTIC 10 pts
- ANODIC 9 pts
- AROYNT 9 pts
- ASTONY 9 pts
- CAIRDS 9 pts
- CANDOR 9 pts
- CANIDS 9 pts
- ACORNS 8 pts
- ACTINS 8 pts
- ACTION 8 pts
- ACTORS 8 pts
- ANISIC 8 pts
- ANTICS 8 pts
- AORTIC 8 pts
- ATONIC 8 pts
- CAIRNS 8 pts
- ADONIS 7 pts
- ADORNS 7 pts
- ADROIT 7 pts
- ANDROS 7 pts
- AROIDS 7 pts
- AORIST 6 pts
- ARIOSI 6 pts
- ARISTO 6 pts
- AROINT 6 pts
- ARSINO 6 pts
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