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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pe•cu•liar /pɪˈkyulyɚ/USA pronunciation adj. - strange;
queer;
odd:a peculiar noise coming from the car engine. - characteristic of some person, group, or thing:the peculiar properties of that drug.[be + ~ + to]an expression that is peculiar to Canadians.
pe•cu•liar•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pe•cu•liar (pi kyo̅o̅l′yər),USA pronunciation adj. - strange;
queer;
odd:peculiar happenings. - uncommon;
unusual:the peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats. - distinctive in nature or character from others.
- belonging characteristically (usually fol. by to):an expression peculiar to Canadians.
- belonging exclusively to some person, group, or thing:the peculiar properties of a drug.
- Astronomydesignating a star or galaxy with special properties that deviates from others of its spectral type or galaxy class.
n. - a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
- British Terms, Religiona particular parish or church that is exempted from the jurisdiction of the ordinary or bishop in whose diocese it lies and is governed by another.
- British Terms, Printing peculiars. Also called arbitraries. special characters not generally included in standard type fonts, as phonetic symbols, mathematical symbols, etc.
- Latin pecūliāris as one's own, equivalent. to pecūli(um) property (derivative of pecū flock, farm animals; akin to pecus cattle (see fee)) + -āris -ar1
- 1400–50; late Middle English;
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged eccentric, bizarre. See strange.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extraordinary, singular, exceptional.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged individual, personal, particular, special, unique.
- 2, 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged common.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peculiar /pɪˈkjuːlɪə/ adj - strange or unusual; odd: a peculiar individual, a peculiar idea
- distinct from others; special
- (postpositive) followed by to: belonging characteristically or exclusively (to): peculiar to North America
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin pecūliāris concerning private property, from pecūlium, literally: property in cattle, from pecus cattlepeˈculiarly adv |