idiasm

noun

id·​i·​asm

ˈidēˌazəm

plural -s

: an individual mannerism (as in literary style)

Word History

Etymology

Greek idiasmos peculiarity, from idiazein to be peculiar, from idios one's own, private, peculiar

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

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