Definitions for peculiar

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peculiar pe·cu·liar

Spelling: [pi-kyool-yer]

IPA: /pɪˈkyul yər/

Peculiar is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 374 anagrams from letters in peculiar (aceilpru).

Definitions for peculiar

noun

1. a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.
2. British. a 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.
3. peculiars, Also called arbitraries. British Printing. special characters not generally included in standard type fonts, as phonetic symbols, mathematical symbols, etc.

adjective

1. strange; queer; odd:
2. uncommon; unusual:
3. distinctive in nature or character from others.
4. belonging characteristically (usually followed by to):
5. belonging exclusively to some person, group, or thing:
6. Astronomy. designating a star or galaxy with special properties that deviates from others of its spectral type or galaxy class.

Origin of peculiar

1400-50; late Middle English; Latin pecūliāris as one's own, equivalent to pecūli(um) property (derivative of pecū flock, farm animals; akin to pecus cattle (see fee))

Examples for peculiar

“When I first met Ed, I thought he was a peculiar guy, but when I got my hands on the book, it was masterful,” Osse said.

Of all the chickens on the place this was his peculiar property.

She was indeed a peculiar girl—the more the pity for the many that made her so!

He thought, too, of the lean face and the peculiar, set eye of Dozier.

The physique of the true fashionable is peculiar and characteristic.

Life is a series of seemingly throwaway moments strung together in a peculiar tapestry, and Linklater has captured it beautifully.

He dwelt on the childhood of Philothea with peculiar pleasure.

Because the shop was emblematic of that peculiar Italian institution known as La Faccia: i.e. presenting the best face possible.

In the semifinals, she was in a peculiar position for someone of Jeopardy!

The remainder is “peculiar” motion: movement of galaxies as dictated by the presence of matter nearby.