Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- One's own; private; personal: idiolect.
- Distinct; separate: idioblast.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An element in compound words of Greek origin, meaning ‘one's own,’ ‘private,’ ‘peculiar.’
Wiktionary
- Forming compound words having the sense of individuality, peculiarity, separateness.
GNU Webster's 1913
- A combining form from the Greek 'i`dios, meaning private, personal, peculiar, distinct.
Etymologies
- Representing a combining form of Ancient Greek ἴδιος ("own, personal, distinct"). (Wiktionary)
- Greek, from idios, personal, private; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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