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Synonyms
yəradjective
1.
strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.
2.
uncommon; unusual: the peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats.
3.
distinctive in nature or character from others.
4.
belonging characteristically (usually followed by to): an expression peculiar to Canadians.
5.
EXPANDbelonging exclusively to some person, group, or thing: the peculiar properties of a drug.
6.
COLLAPSEAstronomy. designating a star or galaxy with special properties that deviates from others of its spectral type or galaxy class.
noun
7.
a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
8.
British. a particular parish or church that is exempted from the jurisdiction of the ordinary or bishop in whose diocese it lies and is governed by another.
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peculiars. Also called arbitraries. British Printing. special characters not generally included in standard type fonts, as phonetic symbols, mathematical symbols, etc.
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Peculiar
is always a great word to know.
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| the obscuring of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun, a lunar eclipse, or the obscuring of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth, a solar eclipse |
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; < Latin pecūliāris as one's own, equivalent to pecūli(um) property (derivative of pecū flock, farm animals; akin to pecus cattle (see fee)) + -āris -ar1
1400–50; late Middle English; < Latin pecūliāris as one's own, equivalent to pecūli(um) property (derivative of pecū flock, farm animals; akin to pecus cattle (see fee)) + -āris -ar1
Related forms
pe·cu·liar·ly, adverb
un·pe·cu·liar, adjective
un·pe·cu·liar·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. eccentric, bizarre. See strange. 2. extraordinary, singular, exceptional. 5. individual, personal, particular, special, unique.
1. eccentric, bizarre. See strange. 2. extraordinary, singular, exceptional. 5. individual, personal, particular, special, unique.
Antonyms
2, 5. common.
2, 5. common.
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Example Sentences
- The snakes, though, don't seem to be complaining about their peculiar glands.
- In the tropical forests of Madagascar, there lives a very peculiar kind of bat.
- For this task, he was peculiarly well equipped.
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Word Origin & History
peculiar
c.1460, from L. peculiaris "of one's own (property)," from peculium "private property," lit. "property in cattle" (in ancient times the most important form of property), from pecu "cattle, flock," related to pecus "cattle" (see pecuniary). Meaning of "unusual" is first
EXPANDattested 1608; peculiarity "special characteristic" is from 1646; noun meaning "an oddity" is 1777.
COLLAPSE
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Peculiar definition
as used in the phrase "peculiar people" in 1 Pet. 2:9, is derived from the Lat. peculium, and denotes, as rendered in the Revised Version ("a people for God's own possession"), a special possession or property. The church is the "property" of God, his "purchased possession" (Eph. 1:14; R.V., "God's own possession").
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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