Idiosyncrasy: alternatives and connections

Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.

Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.

That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterati…

The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature.

The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability…

(Psychology) a school of thought postulating that the personality of an individual is dependent on the type of their physique (somatot…

A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.

The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.

Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic.

Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.

The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiar…

Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness.

The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retain…

One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.

Peculiarity of constitution; that temperament, or state of constitution, which is peculiar to a person; idiosyncrasy.

Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.

Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of chara…

To receive or take by birth; to have by nature; to derive or acquire from ancestors, as mental or physical qualities; as, he inherits…