peculiar
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4.6
- adjective
- /pɪˈkjuːljər/
- There's something so peculiar about that boy.
- find something peculiar
- seem peculiar
- very peculiar
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Watch on YouTubeBut the there is one other peculiar fact about Omua Mua.
- But the there is one other peculiar fact about Omua Mua.
- This lighting is quite peculiar, but it will do.
- And he says the world has a peculiar structure of emotional stress.
- So he goes on and he says this, this peculiar tinge of spirit.
- Now, isn't that an interesting and peculiar thing for Nietzsche to say?
- All cells have a very peculiar way of going about generating energy.
- It just is peculiar that that would win an argument.
- But because he was a very, very peculiar person, shall we put it that way?
- And he showed that you could travel in time in these this peculiar space he invented.
- So the minimum wage is a product not of institution, but of that peculiar capacity curve.
- But to kind of recap things here, what we have is a really peculiar video card.
- And again, doesn't reflect a peculiar color as it goes around.
- But I would agree with you, it's deeply peculiar.
Examples
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This seems so bizarre, so peculiar, so outlandish.
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And it has some very peculiar properties.
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There is something quite peculiar about this data.
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But because he was a very, very peculiar person, shall we put it that way?
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This lighting is quite peculiar, but it will do.
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And then I noticed the most peculiar thing.
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He was a peculiar man.
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Lately, though, something seems peculiar about Samantha; she seems detached and distracted.
Academic text (2011) -
More specifically, it is a peculiar commingling of the familiar and unfamiliar.
Academic text (2017) -
The artist created a peculiar sculpture that captured everyone's attention.
Synonyms
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3.2
Strange or unusual in a way that makes people feel uncomfortable
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2.3
Unusual and slightly odd in a way you cannot easily understand
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2.2
Not common and different from what people expect
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2.0
Causing a strange feeling in your body
878
1.0
Different from what is normal or expected
575
2.0
Not usual and not like what people expect
389
5.9
Very strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
142
4.0
Strange or unusual in a way that attracts attention
98
4.2
Different from what is usual in a way that may be worrying
68
4.1
Not usual and different from what people expect
32
7.4
Strange or unusual in a way that surprises people
30
9.1
Strange or unusual in a way you notice
26
5.7
Different from what is usual or expected
23
7.0
Very unusual in a noticeable way
22
8.1
Not like what is usual or expected
14
8.2
Different from what is normal, often in a way people see as wrong
2
9.1
Strange in a way that makes you notice it
2
9.9
Strange or odd in a way that surprises people
1
7.9
Slightly strange in a small, gentle way
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
1
9.9
A polite phrase for slavery in the southern United States before the Civil War
- Specialized
1
9.9
The speed of an object compared with the average movement of nearby stars or gas
How Unusual
Surface Forms
Etymology
Peculiar comes from the Latin word peculium, built on pecu- which meant 'cattle' or 'property'. At first it meant 'belonging to one person', and because something that belongs only to one person can stand out, peculiar came to mean 'strange' or 'unusual'.