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peculiar definition

pe·cu·liar (pi kyo̵̅o̅l′yər)

adjective

  1. of only one person, thing, group, country, etc.; distinctive; exclusive
  2. particular; unique; special a matter of peculiar interest
  3. out of the ordinary; queer; odd; strange

Etymology: ME peculier < L peculiaris < peculium: see peculate

noun

  1. something belonging to one only, as a privilege
  2. Brit. a church or parish under a jurisdiction other than that of the diocese in which it is located

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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