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peculiar
adjective
1 peculiar
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected:
— The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves.
synonyms: curious, funny, odd, queer, rum, rummy, singular.
Roget 83:
uncomformable,
exceptional;
abnormal,
abnormous†;
anomalous,
anomalistic;
out of order,
out of place,
out of keeping,
out of tune,
out of one's element;
irregular,
arbitrary;
teratogenic;
lawless,
informal,
aberrant,
stray,
wandering,
wanton;
peculiar,
exclusive,
unnatural,
eccentric,
egregious;
out of the beaten track,
off the beaten track,
out of the common,
out of the common run;
beyond the pale of,
out of the pale of;
misplaced;
funny.
unusual,
unaccustomed,
uncustomary,
unwonted,
uncommon;
rare,
curious,
odd,
extraordinary,
out of the ordinary;
strange,
monstrous;
wonderful
etc.
870;
unexpected,
unaccountable;
outre [Fr.],
out of the way,
remarkable,
noteworthy;
queer,
quaint,
nondescript,
none such,
sui generis [Lat.];
unfashionable;
fantastic,
grotesque,
bizarre;
outlandish,
exotic,
tombe des nues [Fr.],
preternatural;
denaturalized†.
heterogeneous,
heteroclite [Gramm.],
amorphous,
mongrel,
amphibious,
epicene,
half blood,
hybrid;
androgynous,
androgynal†;
asymmetric
etc.
243;
adelomorphous†,
bisexual,
hermaphrodite,
monoclinous†.
qualified
etc.
469.
singular,
unique,
one-of-a-kind.
newfangled,
novel,
non-classical;
original,
unconventional,
unheard of,
unfamiliar;
undescribed,
unprecedented,
unparalleled,
unexampled.
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2 peculiar
Unique or specific to a person or thing or category:
— A peculiar bond of sympathy between them.
— An expression peculiar to Canadians.
— Rights peculiar to the rich.
synonyms: particular, special.
Roget 79:
special,
particular,
individual,
specific,
proper,
personal,
original,
private,
respective,
definite,
determinate,
especial,
certain,
esoteric,
endemic,
partial,
party,
peculiar,
appropriate,
several,
characteristic,
diagnostic,
exclusive;
singular
etc.
(exceptional)
83;
idiomatic;
idiotypical;
typical.
this,
that;
yon,
yonder.
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3 peculiar
Markedly different from the usual.
4 peculiar
Characteristic of one only; distinctive or special.
Polish: charakterystyczny, specyficzny
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