[pi-kyool-yer] 
| 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 fol. by to): an expression peculiar to Canadians. |
| 5. | belonging exclusively to some person, group, or thing: the peculiar properties of a drug. |
| 6. | Astronomy. designating a star or galaxy with special properties that deviates from others of its spectral type or galaxy class. |
| 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. |
| 9. | peculiars. Also called arbitraries. British Printing. special characters not generally included in standard type fonts, as phonetic symbols, mathematical symbols, etc. |
