Translation. Scrabble 1. Rhetoric. Scrabble 2. Hin definition. Idiosyncrasy. Etymology[edit] The term "idiosyncrasy" originates from Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία idiosynkrasía, "a peculiar temperament, habit of body" (from ἴδιος idios, "one's own", σύν syn, "with" and κρᾶσις krasis, "mixture").
Linguistics[edit] The term can also be applied to symbols or words. Idiosyncratic symbols mean one thing for a particular person, as a blade could mean war, but to someone else, it could symbolize a surgery. By the same principle, linguists (such as Ferdinand de Saussure) state that words are not only arbitrary, but also largely idiosyncratic signs. Language doesn't seem to work? Read this... - Wordpress Themes - WP Forum at BFA. In Your Language.