Idiomology

Idiom [ID'IOM], noun [Latin idioma, from Gr. proper, or peculiar to one's self; Eng. widow, wide.] 1. A mode of expression peculiar to a language; peculiarity of expression or phraseology. In this sense, it is used in the plural to denote forms of speech or phraseology, peculiar to a nation or language. And to just idioms fix our doubtful speech. 2. The genius or peculiar east of a language. He followed the Latin language, but did not comply with the idiom of ours. 3. Dialect.