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idiosyncratic [-sinkrat′ik] Etymology: Gk, idios, own, synkrasis, mixing together pertaining to personal peculiarities or mannerisms. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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What values do our selections about construction embed and promote, in addition to the choices that are idiosyncratically ours? I--somewhat idiosyncratically I'm sure--would like to believe that Roman tradition and Greek beauty, brought back to life by the popes of the Renaissance, played some role in the enormous reaction to John Paul II's death. Idiosyncratically bent toward order and control and gifted with formidable observational skills, patience, concentration, and painstaking adherence to detail, he embarked on a style of painting based on color and structure that was cerebral and calculated. |
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