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Peculiar is defined as something that is different and unusual.
(adjective)An example of peculiar is a state fair sideshow with strange people.
The definition of peculiar is something important or of special interest.
(adjective)An example of peculiar is the specific picture that gets pointed out on a tour.
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See peculiar in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
- of only one person, thing, group, country, etc.; distinctive; exclusive
- particular; unique; special: a matter of peculiar interest
- out of the ordinary; queer; odd; strange
Origin: ME peculier < L peculiaris < peculium: see peculate
noun
- something belonging to one only, as a privilege
- Brit. a church or parish under a jurisdiction other than that of the diocese in which it is located
Related Forms:
- peculiarly adverb
See peculiar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Unusual or eccentric; odd.
- Distinct from all others. See Synonyms at strange.
- Belonging distinctively or primarily to one person, group, or kind; special or unique: rights peculiar to the rich; a species peculiar to this area.
- A privilege or property that is exclusively one's own.
- Chiefly British A church or parish under the jurisdiction of a diocese different from that in which it lies.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English peculier, personal
Origin: , from Latin pecūliāris
Origin: , from pecūlium, private property; see peku- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- pe·cuˈliar·ly adverb
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