Meaning of peculiar(a) in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    peculiar(a)

    Definitions

    1. unique or specific to a person or thing or category

    Examples

    • « 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 »
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    Synonyms

  2. 2. characteristic of one only

    Examples

    • « distinctive or special »
    • « the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S.- R.B.Taney »

    Synonyms

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  • « But to the slave mother New Year's day comes laden with peculiar sorrows. She sits on her cold cabin floor, watching the children who may all be torn from her the next morning and often does she wish that she and they might die before the day dawns. »
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  • « Courage is a peculiar kind of fear. »
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  • « Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. »
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  • « I think Led Zeppelin must have worn some of the most peculiar clothing that men had ever been seen to wear without cracking a smile. »
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  • « Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure. »
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