peculiar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Spanish 2.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin peculiaris.

[edit] Adjective

peculiar (comparative more peculiar, superlative most peculiar)

1. Out of the ordinary; odd; curious; unusual.

   It's rather peculiar to see a Kangaroo outside of a zoo in America.

2. Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.

   Kangaroos are peculiar to Australia.

   • 1863, Thomas Huxley, Collected Essays:

     As soon as that operation has taken place, the food is passed down to the stomach, and there it is mixed with the chemical fluid called the gastric juice, a substance which has the peculiar property of making soluble and dissolving out the nutritious matter in the grass, and leaving behind those parts which are not nutritious;

[edit] Synonyms

• strange (1)
• unusual (1)
• specific (2)

[edit] Derived terms

• peculiarness

[edit] Antonyms

• usual

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[edit] See also

• Peculiar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• peculiar in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

peculiar m. and f. (plural peculiares)

1. peculiar