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crotchetnoun an odd or peculiar habither one crotchet is a fondness for eating cookies while soaking in the tub curiosity, eccentricity, erraticism, idiosyncrasy, individualism, kink, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quiddity, quip, quirk, singularity, tic, trick, twist affectation, airsattribute, characteristic, mark, property, traitcustom, habit, pattern, practice(also practise), way, wontaddictionabnormality, neuroticism, perversion, weirdnessdisposition, genius, leaning, partialitybent, inclination, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turnattitude, character, humor, identity, individuality, nature, personality, temperament conformity, sameness caprice, whim, vagary, crotchet mean an irrational or unpredictable idea or desire.caprice stresses lack of apparent motivation and suggests willfulness.by sheer caprice she quit her job whim implies a fantastic, capricious turn of mind or inclination.an odd antique that was bought on a whim vagary stresses the erratic, irresponsible character of the notion or desire.he had been prone to strange vagaries crotchet implies an eccentric opinion or preference.a serious scientist equally known for his bizarre crotchets in the 14th century |