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PECULIAR

Definition:

1. [adjective] beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "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"
   Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, queer, rum, rummy, singular
   
   
2. [adjective] unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a paraticular 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"
   Synonyms: particular, special
   
   
3. [adjective] 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
   
   
4. [adjective] characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney
   
   

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