What is the meaning of peculiar?

adjective

  • Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
    • usage: "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"
  • Unique or specific to a person or thing or category.
    • usage: "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair"
  • Markedly different from the usual. "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man... Feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman-Virginia Woolf
  • Characteristic of one only; distinctive or special. "the peculiar character of the Government of the U. S.- R. B. Taney
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