5/11/95

Today's word is:

	idiosyncrasy (id,-E-O-sin'-kr;-sE) - n. a peculiarity
	characteristic to someone or something.

	"Due to an idiosyncrasy of the particular type of wood used,
	 the wood stain turned John's deck a darker shade of brown
	 than it was supposed to."

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