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su⋅i ge⋅ne⋅ris
[soo
-i ge-ne-ris; Eng. soo-ahy jen-er-is, soo-ee] 
Latin.
| of his, her, its, or their own kind; unique. |
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| su·i ge·ne·ris (sōō'ī' jěn'ər-ĭs, sōō'ē) adj. Being the only example of its kind; unique: "sui generis works like Mary Chesnut's Civil War diary" (Linda Orr). [Latin suī generis : suī, of its own + generis, genitive of genus, kind.] |
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Sui generis
Su"i gen"e*ris\ [L.] Of his or its own kind.
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sui generis [(sooh-ee, sooh-eye jen-uh-ris)]
A person or thing that is unique, in a class by itself: “She is an original artist; each of her paintings is sui generis.” From Latin, meaning “of its own kind.”
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sui generis
1787, from L., lit. "of one's own kind, peculiar." First element from sui, gen. of suus "his, her, its, one's," from Old L. sovos, from PIE base *swe-, pronoun of the third person (see idiom).
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Main Entry: sui ge·ner·is
Pronunciation: 'sü-"I-'je-n&-r&s, 'sü-E-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin, of its own kind
: constituting a class alone : unique or particular to itself
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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