Idiom

id′i-um, n. a mode of expre ion peculiar to a language, a peculiar variation of any language, a dialect.— n. Id′iasm , a peculiarity.— adjs. Idiomat′ic , -al , conformed or pertaining to the idioms of a language.— adv. Idiomat′ically .— n. Idiot′icon , a vocabulary of a particular dialect or district. [Fr.,—L.,—Gr. idiōma , peculiarity— idios , one's own.]