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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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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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