Peculiarity

Definitions: Peculiarity

Peculiarity

Noun

1. An odd or unusual characteristic.

2. A distinguishing trait.

3. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.

Date "peculiarity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Peculiarity

Synonyms: curio (n), curiosity (n), distinctive feature (n), distinctiveness (n), oddity (n), oddment (n), rarity (n), speciality (n), specialness (n), specialty (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Speciality	Noun: {opp. } speciality, specialite; individuality, individuity; particularity, peculiarity; idiocrasy; (tendency); personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy; specificness; Adjective: singularity; (unconformity); reading, version, lection; state; trait; distinctive feature; technicality; differentia.
Unconformity	Noun: {opp. } nonconformity; unconformity, disconformity; unconventionality, informality, abnormity, abnormality, anomaly; anomalousness; Adjective: exception, peculiarity; infraction of law, breach, of law, violation of law, violation of custom, violation of usage, infringement of law, infringement of custom, infringement of usage; teratism, eccentricity, bizarrerie, oddity, je ne sais quoi, monster, monstrosity, rarity; freak, freak of Nature, weirdo, mutant; rouser, snorter.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Peculiarity

English words defined with "peculiarity": Bachelorism ♦ Cancer cells, Chaldaism ♦ Engine turning ♦ Idiocracy, Isocephalism ♦ Peculiarities, Peculiarness, Provinciality ♦ Rabbinism ♦ Syrianism ♦ The quality, To come honestly by, To take a name in vain ♦ Universal instrument. (references)

Specialty definitions using "peculiarity": Articles interchanged ♦ Figure of Fun, Fountain of the Virgin ♦ LAUGHTER ♦ Peroration. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Atmospheric Diagnostics of Stellar Evolution: Chemical Peculiarity Mass Loss (Lecture Notes in Physics, 305) (reference) State, culture & the bourgeoisie : aspects of the peculiarity of the Finnish (reference) The Peculiarity of Literature: An Allegorical Approach to Poe's Fiction (reference) (more book examples)
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	It is the peculiarity of sublime spectacles that they take possession of every soul, and make of every witness a spectator.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LAUGHTER, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. Liability to attacks of laughter is one of the characteristics distinguishing man from the animals -- these being not only inaccessible to the provocation of his example, but impregnable to the microbes having original jurisdiction in bestowal of the disease. Whether laughter could be imparted to animals by inoculation from the human patient is a question that has not been answered by experimentation. Dr. Meir Witchell holds that the infection character of laughter is due to the instantaneous fermentation of sputa diffused in a spray. From this peculiarity he names the disorder Convulsio spargens.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Peculiarity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peculiarity" is used about 91 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	91	34,491

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "peculiarity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		veti (attribute, character, point, virtue), veçori (characteristic, distinction, exclusiveness, feature, flair, peculiar feature, retreat, singularity, speciality, trait), veçanti (distinction, idiosyncrasy, particularity, singularity, speciality), tipar i çuditshëm, karakteristikë (character, characteristic, datum, lineament, property, qualification, specification). (various references)

Arabic		‏ميزة خاصة, ‏ميزة (advantage, attribute, character, characteristic, excellence, feature, merit, particularity, property, quality, speciality, trait), ‏غرابة (eccentricity, odiousness, otherness, quaintness, queerness, singularity, strangeness, weirdness, whimsicality, whimsy), ‏خصلة (attribute, curl of hair, property, quality, quiff), ‏الخصوصية. (various references)

Bulgarian		странност (fantasticality, oddity, queerness, singularity, strangeness), специфичност (specificity), характерно свойство (tang), чудатост (comicality, eccentricity, faddiness, kink, quirk, singularity, strangeness, twist), особеност (distinction, feature, lineament, particularity, pattern, point, speciality, trick), отличително свойство. (various references)

Chinese		特异 (Peculiarities), 怪僻 . (various references)

Czech		příznaènost, zvláštnost (oddity, speciality, specialty, strangeness), výstřednost (eccentricity, extravagance, kink, oddity, quirk, weirdness, wilderness). (various references)

Farsi		غرابت (Oddity, Singular, Singularity), حالت ویژگی , صفت عجیب وغریب . (various references)

Finnish		omituisuus (eccentricity, oddity, oddness, queerness, strangeness), merkillisyys (curiosity, remarkableness), eriskummallisuus (oddity, oddness, queerness, strangeness), erikoisuus (peculiar character, special feature). (various references)

French		particularité, bizarrerie. (various references)

German		eigenheit (entity, foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, particularity). (various references)

Greek		ιδιότησ (attribute, property, quality), ιδιορρυθμία (foible, mannerism, oddity, quaintness), μοναδικότησ (oddity, singularness, uniqueness), εκκεντρικότητα (aberration, eccentricity, flightiness, kinkiness). (various references)

Hebrew		מוזרות (oddity, strangeness, weirdness), תמי�"ות (eccentricity, queerness, strangeness), תכו� �" מיוח�"ת, זרות (anomaly, foreignness, laity, strangeness), ס�'ול�" (mascot, merit, property, qualification, qualifications, quality, remedy, trait, treasure, virtue). (various references)

Hungarian		sajátosság (flavor, flavour, nature, particularity, speciality, specialty, specificity), különlegesség (caviar, oddity, speciality), sajátság (character, characteristic, feature, physiognomy), jellemző vonás (characteristic, touch, trait), furcsaság (bizarrerie, freak, funniness, oddity, quaintness, strangeness, weirdness). (various references)

Indonesian		keistimewaan (peculiar feature, special treatment), keanehan (idiosyncrasy, oddity). (various references)

Italian		peculiarit� (character, particularity), stranezza (curiousness, eccentricity, oddity, oddness, queerness, quirk, singularity, singularness, strangeness, unusualness), caratteristica (character, characteristic, characteristic curve, characteristics, distinction, feature, features, hallmark, property, quality, trait, traits). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		癖 (a habit), 病癖 (bad habit, weakness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		くせ (a habit), びょうへき (bad habit, weakness), ひとくせ (idiosyncrasy, trait), どくとく (characteristic, learning by oneself, uniqueness), とくしゅせい (distinctiveness, special characteristics), とくいせい (idiosyncrasy, singularity). (various references)

Korean		특색 (Peculiarities, trait). (various references)

Manx		joarreeaght (banishment, exile, foreign place, foreignness, unfamiliarity). (various references)

Pig Latin		eculiaritypay

Portuguese		peculiaridade (particularity, singularity, speciality, specialty, trait), particularidade (circumstance, condition, detail, full stop, particular, particularity, point), singularidade (freak, oddity, oneness, rareness, singleness, singularity), originalidade (oddly, originality), excentricidade (antic, caprice, concentricity error, eccentricity, Ecclesiastes, fantastically, oddity, originally, singularity, whimsicality), caraterística (attribute, characteristic, full time, guide mark, Mark, marking, point, property damage, quality), características (basic features, character, characteristic, characteristics, features, technical features, traits), característica (attribute, characteristic, characteristic curve, feature, full stop, guide mark, Mark, marking, point, property, quality). (various references)

Romanian		proprietate (affection, demesne, estate, feature, hand, having, holding, ownership, possession, property, proprietary), particularitate (habitude, mannerism, particular, particularity, point, singularity, speciality, specific feature), trãsãturã caracteristicã (kind, Mark, nature, particular), specificitate (specificity), curiozitate (curio, curiosity, freak, inquisitiveness, interest, singularity), ciudãţenie (behavior, behaviour, curio, curiosity, eccentricity, extravagance, freak, kink, oddity, oddment, oddness, originality, queerness, quip, singularity, strangeness, vagary, whim, whimsicality), însuşire (adoption, appropriation, assimilation, attribute, feature, property, qualification, trait, virtue). (various references)

Russian		специфичность (specificity). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		naročitost (particularity), jedinstvenost (singularity, uniqueness), čudnost (flakiness, oddity, oddness, weirdness). (various references)

Spanish		peculiaridad (kink, mannerism, quirk, singularity, trick, twist). (various references)

Swedish		egenhet (idiosyncrasy, kink, singularity, trick), egendomlighet (oddity, quirk, singularity, strangeness, whimsicality). (various references)

Turkish		acayiplik (antics, crankiness, eccentricity, fantasticality, lark, novelty, oddity, oddness, queerness, quirk, singularity, strangeness, whimsicality, whimsicalness), özellik (attribute, attribution, cachet, character, characteristic, feature, hall mark, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, particular, particularity, plate-mark, point, property, quality, quiddity, singularity, special feature, speciality, specialty, stamp, strain, trait). (various references)

Ukranian		специфічність (singularity), характерна риса (attribute, cachet, characteristic), особливість (aroma, characteristic, distinction, feature, flavour, individuality, particularity, speciality, specialty, tincture, trait). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính riêng biệt (detachedness, discreteness), tính khác thường cái kỳ dị, tính chất riêng, tính đặc biệt tính kỳ dị, cái riêng biệt, cái khác thường. (various references)

Welsh		neilltuolrwydd (distinction), hynodrwydd, angerdd (ardor, force, heat, passion, violence). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	idioma. (various references)
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Misspellings
	"Peculiarity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pecularity, piculiarity, puculiarity. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "peculiarity" (pronounced pikyuw'lēe"rutē)
5	-e" r u t ē	austerity, charity, clarity, dexterity, disparity, familiarity, hilarity, insularity, irregularity, parity, polarity, popularity, posterity, prosperity, rarity, regularity, severity, similarity, sincerity, solidarity, temerity, unfamiliarity, unpopularity, Verity, vulgarity.
4	-r u t ē	alacrity, authority, barbarity, celebrity, dissimilarity, immaturity, impurity, inferiority, insecurity, integrity, majority, maturity, mediocrity, minority, obscurity, particularity, priority, purity, security, seniority, sorority, superiority, supermajority, surety.
3	-u t ē	ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, authenticity, availability, banality, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, centrality, chastity, civility, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, mendacity, mentality, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, partiality, passivity, paternity, paucity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polity, pomposity, portability, possibility, practicality, predictability, principality, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, proximity, publicity, punctuality, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, selectivity, senility, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, sexuality, simplicity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidity, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulnerability.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-p-r-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: eucalypti, pearlitic, pleuritic, puerility.
	-3 letters: apyretic, calypter, eucalypt, literacy, particle, peculiar, perlitic, prelatic, pyelitic, reptilia, reticula, uralitic.
	-4 letters: acutely, apiculi, aplitic, article, auricle, caliper, capture, cautery, ciliary, ciliate, clarity, clayier, cruelty, cryptal, culprit, cuprite, curtail, cutlery, ectypal, irately, paretic, paucity, peartly, peculia, pelitic, peytral, picrate, picrite, picture, piratic, plaiter, platier, plectra, plicate, prelacy.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-l-p-r-t-u-y"
	+3 letters: pertinaciously, superficiality.
	+4 letters: reduplicatively, superplasticity.
	+5 letters: perpendicularity, pronounceability, unpredictability.
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