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idiosyncratic

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Distinctive of a particular person or thing, often in an unusual way.

Her idiosyncratic filing system made perfect sense to her but puzzled the other volunteers.

Dictionary practice example.

The artist's idiosyncratic habit of hiding a striped cup in every painting gave viewers a second detail to notice.