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Greek

krasis

mixture

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An adult habitually arranges every pencil perfectly parallel before starting work while coworkers leave theirs scattered, distinctive harmless personal routine, no words.
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idiosyncrasy

id-ee-uh-SING-kruh-see/ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkrəsi/

An unusual trait characteristic of a particular person or thing.

Etymology
idioGreekone’s own, personal
+synGreekwith, together
+crasyGreekmixture

The pieces describe a person’s own mixture, originally a physical constitution. This shifted to the mixture making up someone’s personality, then to a distinctive habit or trait.

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