{"id":30363,"date":"2018-02-24T00:18:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T00:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=30363"},"modified":"2018-02-24T00:18:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T00:18:27","slug":"english-vocabulary-what-does-idiosyncrasy-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-vocabulary-what-does-idiosyncrasy-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"English: vocabulary: what does idiosyncrasy<\/i> mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutoring English, meaningful words are always interesting. The tutor mentions idiosyncrasy.<\/i><\/h1>\n

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idiosyncrasy<\/i> (noun):<\/span><\/p>\n

a surprising habit or way of thinking noticed in a mainly “ordinary” individual.
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I heard the word idiosyncrasy<\/i> periodically during the 80s, but never hear it now.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

Gilmour, Lorna (editor). Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary & Thesaurus<\/i>. Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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