Quirk

Noun

 * 1) an idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone
 * The car steers cleanly, but the gearshift has a few quirks.
 * 1)  An acute angle dividing a molding; a groove that runs lengthwise between the upper part of a moulding and a soffit

Thesaurus
aberration, anamorphism, anamorphosis, aroma, asymmetry, attribute, badge, boutade, brainstorm, brand, buckle, cachet, capriccio, caprice, cast, cavil, character, characteristic, conceit, configuration, contortion, crank, craze, crazy idea, crookedness, crotchet, cut, detorsion, deviation, differentia, differential, disproportion, distinctive feature, distortion, dodge, earmark, eccentricity, fad, fancy, fantastic notion, fantasy, feature, figure, flavor, flimflam, fool notion, freak, freakish inspiration, gnarl, gust, habit, hallmark, harebrained idea, humor, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, imbalance, impress, impression, index, individualism, irregularity, jesuitism, keynote, kink, knot, lineaments, lopsidedness, maggot, mannerism, mark, marking, megrim, minauderie, mold, nature, notion, oddity, odor, particularity, passing fancy, peculiar trait, peculiarity, property, quality, quibble, quiddity, quillet, quip, quodlibet, savor, screw, seal, shape, shuffle, singularity, smack, specialty, stamp, taint, tang, taste, token, torsion, tortuosity, toy, trademark, trait, trick, trick of behavior, turn, twist, unsymmetry, vagary, warp, whim, whim-wham, whimsy, wrench, wrest, wring

Etymology
First attested in the 1540s. Of uncertain origin.

Translations

 * Czech: výstřednost, potrhlost
 * Dutch: gril, rariteit, nuk
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: ιδιοτροπία
 * Indonesian: kekocakan


 * Japanese: 歪み (ゆがみ, yugami), 捩れ (ねじれ, nejire), 癖 (くせ, kuse)
 * Polish: dziwactwo
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: particularitate
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * quirky