Both Uses of
idiosyncrasy
in
The Other Wes Moore
- She'd always pull back enough in her interactions with her classmates to give herself room to quietly observe them, so that when she got home she could practice imitating their accents, their idiosyncrasies, their style.†
p. 8.8
- He hadn't lived there long, but the closeness of the homes allowed Wes to get to know the neighbors and their idiosyncrasies well.†
p. 56.2 *
Definition:
a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual