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   peculiar

   /pɪˈkjuːlɪə/

   adjective

   • 1. different to what is normal or expected; strange: "he gave her some very peculiar looks" Similar strangeunusualoddfunnycuriousbizarreweirduncannyqueerunexpectedunfamiliarabnormalatypicalanomalousuntypicaldifferentout of the ordinaryout of the wayexceptionalrareextraordinaryremarkablepuzzlingmystifyingmysteriousperplexingbafflingunaccountableincongruousuncommonirregularsingulardeviantaberrantfreakfreakishsuspiciousdubiousquestionableeerieunnaturaluncooutréinformal:fishycreepyspookyrumbizarrobackasswardsbizarreeccentricstrangeoddweirdqueerfunnyunusualabnormalidiosyncraticunconventionaloutlandishoffbeatfreakishquirkyquaintdrollzanyoff-centreinformal:wackyfreakykookyscrewykinkyoddballcrankyoff the wallwackoinformal, dated:dillyOpposite normalordinary
   • ▪ slightly and indefinably unwell: informal "I felt a little peculiar for a while" Similar unwellillpoorlybadout of sortsindisposednot oneselfsickqueasynauseousnauseatedpeakyliverishgreen around the gillsrun downwashed outoffoff colourinformal:under the weatherbelow parnot up to parfunnyroughlousyrottenawfulterribledreadfulcrummyseedygrottyropywabbitpeely-wallycrookvulgar slang:crappyrare:peakedpeakish
   • 2. particular; special: "any attempt to explicate the theme is bound to run into peculiar difficulties" Similar distinctivecharacteristicdistinctdifferentindividualindividualisticdistinguishingtypicalspecialspecificrepresentativeuniqueidiosyncraticpersonalprivateessentialnaturalidentifiableunmistakableconspicuousnotableremarkablerare:singular
   • ▪ belonging exclusively to: "some languages are peculiar to one region" Similar characteristic oftypical ofrepresentative ofbelonging toindicative ofsymptomatic ofsuggestive ofexclusive tolikein character with

   noun

   • 1. a parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop: British "deans and canons of royal peculiars, notably Westminster Abbey and Windsor"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘particular’): from Latin peculiaris ‘of private property’, from peculium ‘property’, from pecu ‘cattle’ (cattle being private property). The sense ‘strange’ dates from the early 17th century.

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