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Definitions: Peculiar |
PeculiarAdjective1. 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". 2. 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". 3. 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. Characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "peculiar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Bible | Peculiar as used in the phrase "peculiar people" in 1 Pet. 2:9, is derived from the Lat. peculium, and denotes, as rendered in the Revised Version ("a people for God's own possession"), a special possession or property. The church is the "property" of God, his "purchased possession" (Eph. 1:14; R.V., "God's own possession"). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Peculiar A parish or church exempt from episcopal jurisdiction, as a royal chapel, etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | PECULIAR. A mistress. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Peculiar received its name in 1868 when first postmaster Edgar Thomson had his first choice, Excelsior, was rejected because it already existed in Atchison County, Missouri. Several other choices were also rejected. The story goes that an annoyed Thomson wrote to the Postmater General himself to complain saying, among other things, "We don't care what name you give us so long as it is sort of 'peculiar'", with "peculiar" in quotation marks. Washington approved that name.
An historical plaque in the town is noteworthy. It reads, "In 1861-1864 while bloody battles raged throughout the southern states nothing happened here."
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Peculiar, Missouri."
Synonyms: PeculiarSynonyms: curious (adj), funny (adj), odd (adj), particular(a) (adj), peculiar(a) (adj), queer (adj), rum (adj), rummy (adj), singular (adj), special(a) (adj). (additional references) |
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Prodigality | Phrase: amor nummi; facile largiri de alieno; wie gewonnen so zerronnen; les fous font les festins et les sages les mangent; "spendthrift alike of money and of wit"; "squandering wealth was his peculiar art". |
Speciality | Adjective: special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive; singular; (exceptional); idiomatic; idiotypical; typical. |
Unconformity | Adjective: 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. |
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Screenplays | I've had the most peculiar dream. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) That's a peculiar kind of horse! (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Noel Langley) Oh is that what it is? I knew he was, mm peculiar. (The Lady Eve; writing credit: Monckton Hoffe; Preston Sturges) Those Ramones are peculiar. (Rock 'n' Roll High School; writing credit: Richard Whitley; Russ Dvonch) | |
Lyrics | Then I start feeling a little peculiar ("What's up"; performing artist: 4 Non Blondes) And I'm floating in a most peculiar way ("Space Oddity"; performing artist: David Bowie) Nothing about it too peculiar ("This Everyday Love"; performing artist: Rascal Flatts) Furniture oh, it's peculiar, she used to be so nice. ("Take The Long Way Home"; performing artist: Supertramp) | |
Clever | Man is a peculiar creature. He spends a fortune making his home insect-proof and air-conditioned, and then eats in the yard. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Peculiar Penguins (1934) Un Negocio peculiar (1995) A Very Peculiar Practice (1986) | |
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 | Medium deep survey image of irregular and peculiar galaxies.Credit: NASA. |  | Peculiar Medicine : [Hood's Sarsaparilla].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Peculiar, Missouri.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Li'l Abner. The peculiar little child who has given his name as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Douglas Fairbanks wanted some excitement.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Alexander Pope | Fix'd like a plan on his peculiar spot, to draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. |
Author Unknown | The human body is a peculiar device, pat it on the back and the head swells. |
Friedrich Schlegel | It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture. |
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus | It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him. |
Marquis de Vauvenargues | Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself. |
Michelangelo | I live and love in God's peculiar light. |
Washington Irving | The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. |
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John Locke | 1690 | But there is another sort of servants, which by a peculiar name we call slaves, who being captives taken in a just war, are by the right of nature subjected to the absolute dominion and arbitrary power of their masters. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | But the peculiar expressions of the constitution of the United States furnish additional arguments in favour of its rejection. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Under that peculiar sort of dry, blunt manner, I know you have the warmest heart. |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | The way the trains run is most peculiar. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Most persons, owing to causes which I may not have space to hint at, suffer moral detriment from this peculiar mode of life. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | As we see, he had a strange and peculiar way of judging things. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | However, this was a peculiar grace, not allowed to any but persons of the highest rank, when they desire an admittance. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | However that may be, I was struck by the peculiar toughness of the steel which bore so many violent blows without being worn out. |
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Health | Flies with a mutation in the hedgehog gene have a peculiar prickly appearance. (references) | |
It is characterized by seizures, psychomotor deterioration, failure to thrive, temperature instability (hypothermia), and strikingly peculiar hair. Copper is deficient in most tissues of Menkes disease patients, causing structural changes in the hair, brain, bones, liver, and arteries. (references) | ||
Economic History | Tanzania | Two small groups speak languages of the Khoisan family peculiar to the Bushman and Hottentot peoples. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally, it is pretty good eating. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Such circumstances call with peculiar importunity not less for a disposition to unite in all those measures on which the honor, safety, and prosperity of our country depend than for all the exertions of wisdom and firmness. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Love is the peculiar oestrum of the poet. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | As the Bill violates equality by subjecting some to peculiar burdens, so it violates the same principle, by granting to others peculiar exemptions. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | We trace them to the peculiar character of the epoch in which we live, and to the extraordinary occurrences which have signalized it. |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | To the topic of internal improvement, emphatically urged by him at his inauguration, I recur with peculiar satisfaction. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Our demands upon the Government of the two Sicilies are of a peculiar nature. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under great and peculiar difficulty. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | This occasion derives peculiar interest from the fact that the Presidential term which begins this day is the twenty-sixth under our Constitution. |
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| "Peculiar" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peculiar" is used about 1,439 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 1,439 | 5,609 |
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1. Peculiar, MO (city, FIPS 56756) |
Expressions using "peculiar": funny peculiar ♦ of a peculiar type ♦ peculiar feature ♦ peculiar mo ♦ peculiar people ♦ peculiar to ♦ question of peculiar interest. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "peculiar": peculiar-looking. | |
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| 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. |
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peculiar missouri | 46 |
peculiar | 23 |
raymore peculiar school district | 17 |
the peculiar institution | 12 |
a peculiar people | 7 |
raymore peculiar | 7 |
raymore peculiar school | 7 |
raymore peculiar high school | 6 |
animal engine peculiar search | 5 |
ain peculiar t that | 5 |
old peculiar | 4 |
peculiar pub | 3 |
peculiar record | 3 |
one peculiar | 2 |
peculiar practice very | 2 |
institution peculiar slavery | 2 |
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Afrikaan | eienaardig (odd, strange, typical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pronë private, privilegj i veçantë, tipik (characteristic, classic, classical, exemplary, proper, typical, vintage, your), karakteristik (characteristic, distinctive, exemplary), i veçantë (characteristic, detached, discrete, distinct, distinctive, especial, exceptional, exclusive, extra, extra special, individual, odd, of one's own, off, particular, particularized, pet, queer, racy, rare, separate, single, sole, special, specific, uncommon), i pazakontë (extraordinary, off beat, ultra, weird), i çuditshëm (bizarre, cranky, curious, dark, eccentric, electric, erratic, extraordinary, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, frabjous, freak, freakish, funny, grotesque, kinky, odd, oddish, off beat, outlandish, pixilated, puzzling, quaint, queer, quizzical, rummy, strange, surprising, uncanny, unco, unnatural, unusual, viewy, way out, weird, whimsical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كنيسة خاصة, مميز (characteristic, diacritical, differential, discerning, discriminative, discriminatory, distinctive, distinguishing, judicial, perceptive, percipient, special, specific), متميز (discrete, discriminating, distinct, distinguished, elegance, eminence, featured, genteel, separate, special), غريب الأطوار (capricious, crackpot, cranky, curious, eccentric, nutty, odd, off beat, queer, weird, weirdo, whimsical), غريب (absurd, alien, anomalous, antic, bizarre, eerie, eery, exotic, extraneous, fanciful, foreign, freakish, funny, grotesque, intruder, ludicrous, new, odd, outlandish, outsider, potty, quaint, queer, rum, senseless, singular, strange, stranger, tall, unaccustomed, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, unfamiliar, unnatural, whimsical), عجيب (amazement, bizarre, fanciful, freakish, funny, marvellous, marvelous, odd, odd jobs, phenomenal, portentous, prestigious, puzzling, rats, rum, staring, stupendous, tall, temperamental, weird, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), خصوصي (characteristic, confidential, exclusive, individual, particular, personal, private, special, specific), خاص (ad hoc, individual, particular, personal, private, privy, proper, relative, special, specific). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | специален (ad hoc, distinct, especial, particular, purposive, special), присъщ изключително за, личен (finite, individual, intimate, particular, personal, private, privy, subjective), лична собственост, ексцентричен (bizarre, cranky, eccentric, kinky, lunatic, off beat, original, outrageous, outre, pixilated, queer, singular, viewy), особен (distinct, especial, exclusive, fanciful, funny, idiosyncratic, individual, odd, original, particular, queer, special, specific, strange, uncommon), частен (particular, private, privy, proprietary), принадлежащ изключително, чуден (fantastic, fantastical, freak, freaky, funny, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, strange), странен (bizarre, comic, comical, fantastic, fantastical, freakish, funny, grotesque, novel, odd, outlandish, quaint, queer, remarkable, rum, rummy, screwy, singular, strange, uncanny, unco, unheard of, weird, whimsical), специален шрифт, специфичен (particular, specific), самоуправляваща се енория, самоуправляваща се църква, собствен (independent, individual, own, proper), свойствен (congenial, habitual, immanent, inherent, intrinsic, proper, specific), свойствен изключително за, чудат (comic, comical, crackpot, eccentric, extravagant, faddish, faddy, odd, pixilated, quaint, queer, quizzical, rum, rummy, screwy, singular, vagrant, viewy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 奇特 (queer, strange), 奇怪 (grotesque, ODD, Outlandish, Queer, strange). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | podivný (curious, eldritch, freak, quaint, queer, rum, strange, utter, weird), příznaèný (symptomatic, typical), zvláštní (curious, extra, extraordinary, funny, individual, intriguing, odd, outlandish, particular, quaint, queer, singular, special, strange, unique, weird), vlastní (inherent, intrinsic, intrinsical, own, particular, personal, proper, respective, underlying, whole), typický (archetypal, classic, distinctive, quintessential, representative, standard, typical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | underlig (odd, strange), tosset (odd, strange), specialtegn (pi character, pi font, sort, special sort), sær (odd, strange), gal (gall form of phylloxera, gallon, imperial gallon, odd, strange). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vreemd (alien, curious, foreign, interesting, odd, quaint, strange), raar (odd, strange), gek (absurd, chimney cap, cowl, crazy, insane, lunatic, mad, nuts, odd, ridiculous, strange), eigenaardig (odd, strange, typical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | stranga (odd, strange). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | serur (odd, strange), løgin (comic, comical, curious, funny, interesting, odd, quaint, strange), egin (odd, own, personal, strange). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ویژه (Adhoc, Net, Particular, Specific), عجیب وغریب (Exotic, Odd, Oddball, Outlandish, Queer, Quizzical, Rum, Screwy, Unearthly), دارای اخلاق غریب . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kummallinen (curious, interesting, odd, quaint, queer, strange), erikoismerkki (pi character, pi font, sort, special sort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | étrange. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | frjemd (alien, foreign, foreigner, odd, strange, stranger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | eigenartig (characteristic, curious, idiosyncratic, odd, oddly, peculiarly, queer, queerly, quizzical, singular, singularly, strange, weird), eigentümlich (curious, idiosyncratic, odd, original, particular, strange), eigen (fussy, independent, individual, inherent, own, particular, peculiarly, personal, possessive, possessively, proper, separate, strange, to own, typical), sonderbar (curious, extraordinary, funny, mysteriously, odd, oddly, outlandish, outlandishly, queer, singular, singularly, spooky, strange, strangely, unaccountable, weirdly), seltsam (bizarre, curious, curiously, extraordinary, fancy, foreign, interesting, odd, outlandish, outlandishness, peculiarly, quaint, queer, queerly, strange, strangely, unaccountable, weird, whimsical), eigenartigen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιδιόρρυθμοσ (cranky, quaint, sui genesis), ιδιόμορφοσ (original), ιδιάζων, παράξενοσ (bizarre, codger, crotchety, curious, eerie, freakish, funny, grotesque, outlandish, quaint, queer, quizzical, rum, strange), χαρακτήρας πι (pi character, pi font, sort, special sort), χαρακτήρας τύπου πι (pi character, pi font, sort, special sort), αξιοπερίεργοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מיוח" (distinctive, especial, particular, singular, special, specific), מוזר (curious, quaint, queer, strange), יחי" במי ו (singular, unique), תמו" (amazing, enigmatic, mystifying, odd, strange, surprising), תמ"ו י (eccentric, grotesque, outlandish, strange, weird), זכות מיוח"ת (perquisite, prerogative), ס'ולי (characteristic, specific). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tulajdon (before my eyes, before my very eyes, belongings, holding, own, ownership, properties, property, propriety), sajátságos (especial, fantastic, proper, special). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | vitlaus (odd, strange), skrýtinn (odd, strange). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ganjil (abnormal, odd, queer, uneven), aneh (abnormal, irregular, mysterious, odd, oddly, queer, strange, unnatural, unusual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | strano (astonishing, funny, nondescript, odd, outlandish, outlandishness, quaint, queer, singular, strange, surprising, unusual, weird, zany). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 特有 (characteristic), 独自 (characteristic, original), 変わった (another, different, novel, particular, unusual, various), 変 (change, disturbance, eccentric, flat, funny, incident, odd, queer, strange, suspicious-looking), 固有 (characteristic, eigen-, inherent, tradition), 一風変った (eccentric, singular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どくじ (characteristic, original), かわった (another, different, novel, particular, unusual, various), いっぷうかわった (eccentric, original, queer, singular, unconventional), "ゆう (characteristic, eigen-, inherent, tradition), へ" (area, biased, book, change, compilation, completed poem, disturbance, eccentric, editing, flat, funny, incident, inclining, inclining toward, left radical of a character, odd, part of book, queer, side, strange, suspicious-looking, vicinity), とくゆう (characteristic, special loan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 특 한 (Distinctive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | quaagh (alien, aloof, foreign, ghostly, odd, psychic, psychical, quaint, strange, supernatural, uncanny, weird), joarree (alien, bizarre, foreign, odd, outlander, outlandish, outsider, remarkable, strange, stranger, unfamiliar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | sprø (brittle, crazy, crisp, freaky, odd, strange), rar (odd, queer, strange), gal (mad, odd, strange). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | strabagante (odd, strange), straño (odd, strange). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eculiarpay excêntrico (barmy, bizarre, cam, capricious, cranky, crotcheteer, crotchety, eccentric personality, eccentrically, erratic, kinky, lifter, lunatic, madcap, odd, odd-come-short, potty, quaint, queer, quizzical, strange, suburban, tappet, wacky, weird, whimsical, wiper, wobbler). (various references) propriu (adequate, appropriate, fitting, inherent, intrinsic, own, personal, proper, resident, salient, suitable), proprietate particularã (private property), particular (personal, private, privy, proprietary, separate, specific), original (air hole, archetype, authentic, creative, eccentric, first hand, genuine, odd, original, originally, queer, real, true, unique), ciudat (cranky, curious, droll, eccentric, extraordinary, extravagant, fanciful, fancy, freakish, funny, intriguing, kinky, odd, out of the way, outlandish, particular, peculiarly, quaint, queer, rum, rummy, singular, strange, strangely, uncouth, unusual, weird, whimsical), curios (agog, curiosity-monger, curious, inquisitive, meddler, odd, particular, paul pry, prying, queer, quidnunc, rare, rum, strange, uncommon), deosebit (apart, choice, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverse, especial, excellent, extra, in a class by itself, particular, peculiarly, profoundly, remarkable, separate, singular, special, specific, strange, sundry, uncommon, unlike, unusual, variant, varied), distinct (abstracted, clear, definite, discrete, distinct, distinctly, separate, unblurred), exclusiv (alone, exclusive, exclusive of, exclusively, only, sole, solely), caracteristic (characteristic, discriminative, distinctive, exemplary, proper, representative, typical), interes privat, straniu (awesome, bizarre, curiously, eerie, eery, funny, novel, odd, out of the way, particular, queer, rum, singular, strange, strangely, uncanny, uncouth, unearthly, weird, whimsical), singular (singular), special (especial, express, extra, particular, proper, special, specially), specific (appropriate, distinctive, individual, note, proper, quiddity, singularity, specific, specifically), grotesc (antic, grotesque, ludicrous). (various references) специфический (particular, specific). (various references) naročit (particular, special, unusual), jedinstven (inimitable, singular, sole, unique, united, unprecedented), čudan (eccentric, flaky, funny, miraculous, odd, oddish, pixilated, quaint, queer, strange, unco, way out, weird, wondrous). (various references) propio (befitting, individual, like, own, personal, proper, very own), peculiar (kinky, particular, quirky), tipo especial (pi character, pi font, sort, special sort), signo especial (pi character, pi font, sort, special sort), raro (curious, Dandy, definite, dignified, dingy, droll, exotic, extraordinary, extravagant, few and far between, frothy, funny, ichneumon, infrequent, lead, odd, oddball, oddish, odds-on, outlandishness, queerish, quirky, rare, rum, scarce, singular, strange, uncanny, unusual, vintage, weird), extraño (alien, bizarre, dago, droll, eerie, extraneous, foreign, kinky, odd, oddish, out of the way, quaint, queer, quizzical, rum, rummy, singular, strange, stranger, uncommon, weird), exagerado (a bit thick, aggrandized, emotional, exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, fulsome, given to extravagant gestures, grandiose, highly-colored, highly-coloured, inflated, inordinate, intense, jazzy, overdemonstrative, overdone, overdressed, overstated, steep, theatrical), especial (apart, especial, great, particular, separate, show, special), caracterizado (distinguished, typical), característico (characteristic, characteristic value, distinctive, proper), carácter especial (pi character, pi font, sort, special sort). (various references) egendomlig (curious, odd, outlandish, singular, strange, unaccountable, whimsical), besynnerlig (curious, mysterious, odd, oddish, queer, strange). (various references) tuhaf (antic, bizarre, comical, cranky, curious, droll, erratic, flaky, funnily, funny, funny peculiar, laughable, odd, offbeat, peregrine, queer, quizzical, rum, rummy, screwball, screwy, singular, splay, strange, twee, unaccustomed, uncouth, unusual, weird, whimsical), has (appropriate, private, special), ayrıcalıklı kilise, ayrıcalık (benefit, cachet, charter, concession, concessionairy, eligibility, faculty, Favor, favour, franchise, immunity, incident, oracle, prerogative, privilege, refusal, royalty, speciality), acayip (antic, bizarre, bughouse, comical, comically, crotchety, curious, droll, exotic, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, flaky, freak, freakish, grotesque, incongruous, kinky, kooky, novel, odd, out of the way, outlandish, quaint, queer, quirky, quizzical, rum, rummy, screwball, singular, some, splendiferous, strange, uncanny, unco, unusual, weird), acayíp (odd, strange), özgün (characteristic, distinctive, genuine, individual, inventive, typical, unique, way out), özel mülk, özel eşya (belongings, personalty), özel (ad hoc, closet, distinctive, esoteric, especial, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, intimate, particular, personal, private, privy, proper, proprietary, self, sole, special, specific, state, very). (various references) ьяtgeюik (different, particular), цzboluюly (distinctive, original), hususan (particular). (various references) власний (own, privy, proper, self), особливий (different, esoteric, extra, particular, special, specific, unique), особистий (individual, interior, personal, private, several, subjective). (various references) t i sản riêng (severalty), riêng biệt; đặc biệt kỳ dị, riêng (characteristic, corporal, distinct, individual, private, privy, sui generis), khác thường (exceptional, preciously, prowess, supernormal, superordinary, uncommon). (various references) neilltuol (particular, special). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | peculiarem, peculiaria, peculiaris, proprius, specialissimus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Leviticus Chapter 21, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H kurtoV h efhloV h ptiloV touV ofqalmouV h anqrwpoV w an h en autw ywra agria h lichn h monorciV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If crokid rigge, or bleer eyed; if whijt perle hauynge in the eye; if contynuel scab; if a drye scab in the body; or brosten. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Or croke backed, or perleyed, or gogeleyed, or maunge or skaulde or hath his stones broken. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his peculiar members broken: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Leviticus Chapter 21, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Kun buktot, kun enano, kun adunay biti sa mata, kun tawo nga nukaon, kun may bon-i, kun tawo nga gituntonan; |
| Chinese | 駝 背 的 、 矮 矬 的 、 眼 睛 有 毛 病 的 、 長 癬 的 、 長 疥 的 、 或 是 損 壞 腎 子 的 、 都 不 可 近 前 來 。 |
| Croatian | ni poguren, ni kržljav, ni bolesnih oèiju, ni lišajav, ni krastav, niti uškopljenik. |
| Danish | eller en pukkelrygget eller en med Tæring eller en, der har Pletter i Øjnene eller lider af Skab eller Ringorm eller har svulne Testikler. |
| Dutch | Of die bultachtig, of dwergachtig zal zijn, of een vel op zijn oog zal hebben, of droge schurftheid, of etterige schurftheid, of die gebroken zal zijn aan zijn gemacht. |
| Finnish | kyttyräselkäinen tai surkastunut, silmävikainen tai ihotautinen tai rupinen tai kuohittu. |
| French | un homme bossu ou grêle, ayant une tache l`oeil, la gale, une dartre, ou les testicules écrasés. |
| German | oder höckerig ist oder ein Fell auf dem Auge hat oder schielt oder den Grind oder Flechten hat oder der gebrochen ist. |
| Haitian Creole | kit li gen boul nan do, kit li rachitik, kit li malad nan je, kit li gen maladi po, kit grenn li kraze. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | yang bongkok atau cebol, yang berpenyakit mata atau berpenyakit kulit dan yang dikebiri. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | atau orang yang bungkuk, atau yang keretut, atau yang berbelalak matanya, atau yang berkurap atau berpuru atau berburut. |
| Italian | né un gobbo, né un nano, né chi abbia una macchia nell'occhio o la scabbia o piaghe purulente o sia eunuco. |
| Maori | Te tuara piko ranei, te mea i puwhenua te tupu, ki te papahewa ranei tona kanohi, ki te mea ranei he papaka, he hakihaki ranei tona, ki te mea ranei kua komurumurua ona mea; |
| Norwegian | eller som er pukkelrygget eller dverg eller har en hvit flekk på øiet eller har skabb eller noget annet utslett, eller hvis stener er knust. |
| Portuguese | ou for corcunda, ou anão, ou que tiver belida, ou sarna, ou impigens, ou que tiver testículo lesado; |
| Rumanian | nici un om ghebos sau pipernicit, cu albeayq kn ochi, care are rkie, pecingine sau bowit. |
| Russian | ОЙ ЗПТ'БФЩК, ОЙ У УХИЙН ЮМЕОПН, ОЙ У 'ЕМШНПН ОБ ЗМБЪХ, ОЙ ЛПТПУФПЧЩК, ОЙ БТЫЙЧЩК, ОЙ У ПЧТЕЦ"ЕООЩНЙ СФТБНЙ; |
| Spanish | jorobado, enano, quien tenga nube en el ojo, quien tenga sarna o tiña, o tenga testículo dañado. |
| Swedish | ingen som är puckelryggig eller förkrympt, eller som har fel på ögat, eller som har skabb eller annat utslag, eller som är snöpt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "peculiar": peculiarities, peculiarity, peculiarly, peculiars. (additional references) | |
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"Peculiar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pascalian, peculair, pecular, peculier, pecullar, pecunia, perculiar, petulia, piacular, piculiar, preocular, puculiar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "peculiar" (pronounced pukyuw"lyer) |
| 3 | -l y er | belier, Collier, espalier, failure, familiar, hotelier, unfamiliar. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-p-r-u" | |
-1 letter: auricle, caliper, peculia, replica. | |
-2 letters: aculei, apercu, carpel, culpae, curiae, curial, eclair, epical, lacier, palier, parcel, placer, plaice, pleura, plicae, uracil. | |
-3 letters: areic, ariel, aulic, aurei, auric, caper, carle, carpi, ceria, clear, crape, cripe, cruel, culpa, cupel, curia, curie, erica, ileac, lacer, lucre, pacer, paler, pareu, parle, pearl, peril, pical, picul, pilar, pilau. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-p-r-u" | |
+1 letter: peculiars. | |
+2 letters: apiculture, peculiarly, precalculi, republican. | |
+3 letters: apicultures, particulate, peculiarity, pecuniarily, prejudicial, reduplicate, republicans, specularity, superficial, unempirical. | |
+4 letters: alphanumeric, appendicular, capitularies, epicuticular, euphorically, inoperculate, microcapsule, particulates, plutocracies, precariously, quadriplegic, recapitulate, reduplicated, reduplicates, superciliary, superhelical, superplastic, superspecial, ultraprecise. | |
+5 letters: alphanumerics, ceruloplasmin, inoperculates, leprechaunish, microcapsules, multiparticle, multispectral, particularise, particularize, peculiarities, perpendicular, prejudicially, prosecutorial, quadriplegics, quadruplicate, quasiparticle, recapitulated, recapitulates, reduplicating, reduplication, reduplicative, republicanism, republicanize, republication, specularities, supercriminal, supercritical, superficially, superphysical, superspecials, unpredictable, unpredictably, unproblematic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 63 75 6C 69 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . -.-. ..- .-.. .. .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01100011 01110101 01101100 01101001 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e c u l i a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0063 0075 006C 0069 0061 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5071698778756784 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Cities 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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