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Definition of peculiar in English: peculiaradjective pɪˈkjuːlɪəpəˈkjuljər 1Different to what is normal or expected; strange. he gave her some very peculiar looks Stella thought the play peculiar Example sentencesExamples - He would regale us of tales about the rich and famous, their peculiar ways and their strange vices.
- There was something peculiar about the stranger before them, but he couldn't figure it out.
- Plants of different kinds grow in peculiar spots, including wheelbarrows, also adding to the special botanic atmosphere.
- Treating it like a big thing suggests that there's something different or peculiar about it.
- It was then that Erika suddenly felt something peculiar and strange about her surroundings.
- But if you can keep a certain degree of objectivity then you can see how peculiar and strange it is.
- Jen stooped down to further inspect this strange and most peculiar piece of metal.
- Some people were asked strange questions in a telephone survey: peculiar interpretations will probably result.
- The young woman thought this style of dress very peculiar and abnormal.
- His stress level rose and his peculiar behaviour became increasingly bizarre.
- I gave him a curious look, surprised by his peculiar question.
- He was different; he was peculiar in the most conceivably beautiful way.
- He seemed weird but the strangest thing about this peculiar man was his clothing.
- She noticed something different, something quite peculiar as they were dancing.
- She was peculiar, different to the girls he had taken vague interest in before.
- Many fellows had asked him for peculiar things, but this was stranger than most.
- Rather than being offended, Luke was absolutely thrilled by her strange and peculiar reaction.
- At the early age of 17, 983 years past, she had meet a peculiar woman, a stranger who turned to be of great help.
- After about ten minutes of the three of them talking, Greg asked a rather peculiar question.
- Sometimes the images appear to be strangely illuminated or may be seen from a peculiar angle.
Synonyms strange, unusual, odd, funny, curious, bizarre, weird, uncanny, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, atypical, anomalous, untypical, different, out of the ordinary, out of the way exceptional, rare, extraordinary, remarkable puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, incongruous, uncommon, irregular, singular, deviant, aberrant, freak, freakish suspicious, dubious, questionable eerie, unnatural Scottish unco French outré informal fishy, creepy, spooky British informal rum North American informal bizarro bizarre, eccentric, strange, odd, weird, queer, funny, unusual, abnormal, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, offbeat, freakish, quirky, quaint, droll, zany, off-centre informal wacky, freaky, kooky, screwy, kinky, oddball, cranky North American informal off the wall, wacko Australian/New Zealand informal, dated dilly - 1.1informal predicative Slightly and indefinably unwell.
I felt a little peculiar for a while Example sentencesExamples - Feeling a little peculiar from the encounter, Carly shuddered and led the way back inside, Chelsea and Ivy bringing up the rear.
- I pulled myself up a bit and found that my head also felt peculiar.
Synonyms unwell, ill, poorly, bad, out of sorts, indisposed, not oneself, sick, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, peaky, liverish, green about the gills, run down, washed out British off, off colour informal under the weather, below par, not up to par, funny, rough, lousy, rotten, awful, terrible, dreadful, crummy, seedy British informal grotty, ropy Scottish informal wabbit, peely-wally Australian/New Zealand informal crook vulgar slang crappy rare peaked, peakish
2Particular; special. any attempt to explicate the theme is bound to run into peculiar difficulties Example sentencesExamples - The test of reasonableness can be applied, however, only in the peculiar circumstances of the particular case.
- They are dependent upon the peculiar circumstances of the particular case, what should or should not have been the outcome of a discretionary judgment.
- This indicates one aspect of the peculiar difficulty of police research.
- Your Honour has seen the particular peculiar financial circumstances that they are in and there is no suggestion that that financial position is not as set out.
- All of them are unique and have their peculiar features.
Synonyms distinctive, characteristic, distinct, different, individual, individualistic, distinguishing, typical, special, specific, representative, unique, idiosyncratic, personal, private, essential, natural identifiable, unmistakable, conspicuous, notable, remarkable rare singular - 2.1peculiar to Belonging exclusively to.
some languages are peculiar to one region Example sentencesExamples - But this sense of being on outsider is not peculiar to the Irish, but rather to the writer.
- Now, I'm not sure if all people do this, or whether it's something peculiar to my family.
- Everywhere you go you have an increase in crime so it is not peculiar to St Lucia.
- No doubt there are problems arising from the role of the drug companies in medical research, but these are not peculiar to vaccines.
- There are also some requirements that are peculiar to a particular airline.
- That is not peculiar to New Zealand; it is true in almost every developed country in the world that I am aware of.
- The culture of binge drinking is peculiar to Britain and the law is partly to blame.
- The issue of street vending is not only peculiar to Zambia alone but to many other countries.
- This is true, but these values are not peculiar to Britain, and it is hard to see why we have to become patriots in order to invoke them.
- But you look at the schedules and you can see it is a real problem for everyone - this is not peculiar to Scotland.
Synonyms characteristic of, typical of, representative of, belonging to, indicative of, symptomatic of, suggestive of, exclusive to, like, in character with
noun pɪˈkjuːlɪəpəˈkjuljər British 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. deans and canons of royal peculiars, notably Westminster Abbey and Windsor Example sentencesExamples - The abbey is a so-called royal peculiar, one of a handful of churches under the Queen's direct control.
- Yet others, founded by kings or bishops as their own, were later known as ‘peculiars’, withdrawn from ordinary diocesan jurisdiction.
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. The earliest senses of peculiar in English include ‘unlike others’ and ‘specific to a person’, with the development ‘strange, odd’ not emerging until the early 17th century. Latin peculium, from which peculiar derives, meant ‘private property’. It came from pecu ‘cattle, farm animals’ also the source of pecuniary (early 16th century), for ‘wealth in farm animals’ which developed into the sense ‘money’.
Definition of peculiar in US English: peculiaradjectivepəˈkyo͞olyərpəˈkjuljər 1Strange or odd; unusual. his accent was a peculiar mixture of Cockney and Irish Example sentencesExamples - His stress level rose and his peculiar behaviour became increasingly bizarre.
- Plants of different kinds grow in peculiar spots, including wheelbarrows, also adding to the special botanic atmosphere.
- The young woman thought this style of dress very peculiar and abnormal.
- She was peculiar, different to the girls he had taken vague interest in before.
- Jen stooped down to further inspect this strange and most peculiar piece of metal.
- I gave him a curious look, surprised by his peculiar question.
- But if you can keep a certain degree of objectivity then you can see how peculiar and strange it is.
- There was something peculiar about the stranger before them, but he couldn't figure it out.
- Rather than being offended, Luke was absolutely thrilled by her strange and peculiar reaction.
- She noticed something different, something quite peculiar as they were dancing.
- He seemed weird but the strangest thing about this peculiar man was his clothing.
- Treating it like a big thing suggests that there's something different or peculiar about it.
- Many fellows had asked him for peculiar things, but this was stranger than most.
- At the early age of 17, 983 years past, she had meet a peculiar woman, a stranger who turned to be of great help.
- Sometimes the images appear to be strangely illuminated or may be seen from a peculiar angle.
- After about ten minutes of the three of them talking, Greg asked a rather peculiar question.
- He was different; he was peculiar in the most conceivably beautiful way.
- Some people were asked strange questions in a telephone survey: peculiar interpretations will probably result.
- It was then that Erika suddenly felt something peculiar and strange about her surroundings.
- He would regale us of tales about the rich and famous, their peculiar ways and their strange vices.
Synonyms strange, unusual, odd, funny, curious, bizarre, weird, uncanny, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, atypical, anomalous, untypical, different, out of the ordinary, out of the way bizarre, eccentric, strange, odd, weird, queer, funny, unusual, abnormal, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, offbeat, freakish, quirky, quaint, droll, zany, off-centre - 1.1informal predicative Slightly and indefinably unwell; faint or dizzy.
I felt a little peculiar for a while, but I'm absolutely fine now Example sentencesExamples - Feeling a little peculiar from the encounter, Carly shuddered and led the way back inside, Chelsea and Ivy bringing up the rear.
- I pulled myself up a bit and found that my head also felt peculiar.
Synonyms unwell, ill, poorly, bad, out of sorts, indisposed, not oneself, sick, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, peaky, liverish, green about the gills, run down, washed out
2Particular; special. any attempt to explicate the theme is bound to run into peculiar difficulties Example sentencesExamples - They are dependent upon the peculiar circumstances of the particular case, what should or should not have been the outcome of a discretionary judgment.
- The test of reasonableness can be applied, however, only in the peculiar circumstances of the particular case.
- Your Honour has seen the particular peculiar financial circumstances that they are in and there is no suggestion that that financial position is not as set out.
- All of them are unique and have their peculiar features.
- This indicates one aspect of the peculiar difficulty of police research.
Synonyms distinctive, characteristic, distinct, different, individual, individualistic, distinguishing, typical, special, specific, representative, unique, idiosyncratic, personal, private, essential, natural - 2.1peculiar topredicative Belonging exclusively to.
the air hung with an antiseptic aroma peculiar to hospitals Example sentencesExamples - There are also some requirements that are peculiar to a particular airline.
- No doubt there are problems arising from the role of the drug companies in medical research, but these are not peculiar to vaccines.
- That is not peculiar to New Zealand; it is true in almost every developed country in the world that I am aware of.
- This is true, but these values are not peculiar to Britain, and it is hard to see why we have to become patriots in order to invoke them.
- But you look at the schedules and you can see it is a real problem for everyone - this is not peculiar to Scotland.
- The issue of street vending is not only peculiar to Zambia alone but to many other countries.
- Everywhere you go you have an increase in crime so it is not peculiar to St Lucia.
- The culture of binge drinking is peculiar to Britain and the law is partly to blame.
- But this sense of being on outsider is not peculiar to the Irish, but rather to the writer.
- Now, I'm not sure if all people do this, or whether it's something peculiar to my family.
Synonyms characteristic of, typical of, representative of, belonging to, indicative of, symptomatic of, suggestive of, exclusive to, like, in character with
nounpəˈkyo͞olyərpəˈkjuljər British A parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, through being subject to the jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop. Example sentencesExamples - Yet others, founded by kings or bishops as their own, were later known as ‘peculiars’, withdrawn from ordinary diocesan jurisdiction.
- The abbey is a so-called royal peculiar, one of a handful of churches under the Queen's direct control.
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. |