peculiar
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pecūliāris (“one's own”), from pecūlium (“private property”), from pecus (“cattle”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /pɪˈkjuː.li.ə/, /pəˈkjuː.li.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /pɪˈkjul.jɚ/, /pəˈkjul.jɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /pɪˈkjʉː.li.ə/
Adjective
[edit]peculiar (comparative more peculiar, superlative most peculiar)
- Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
- Synonyms: odd, strange, uncommon, unusual
- Antonyms: common, mediocre, ordinary, usual
- The sky had a peculiar appearance before the storm.
- It would be rather peculiar to see a kangaroo hopping down a city street.
- 1800, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Deseret Weekly, volume 41, page 379:
- I saw nothing peculiar in his conduct, and thought that his arrangement of the ballot box was perfect.
- 2001, Jack Schaefer, Wendell Minor, Shane:
- "Wasn't it peculiar," I heard mother say, "How he wouldn't talk about himself?"
"Peculiar?" said father. "Well, yes, in a way."
"Everything about him is peculiar." Mother sounded as if she was stirred up and interested. "I never saw a man quite like him before."
- 2008, Stephen Arnott, Peculiar Proverbs: Weird Words of Wisdom from Around the World:
- Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Great Love of His Native Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 262:
- And it was peculiar in their Temper, that they were fonder of what they could get by Rapine or Stealth at a greater diſtance, than much better Food provided for them at home.
- 1855, Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow, transl., Critique of Pure Reason, volume 1, division 2, translation of Critik der reinen Vernunft by Immanuel Kant:
- This philosopher found his ideas especially in all that is practical,[29] that is, which rests upon freedom, which in its turn ranks under cognitions that are the peculiar product of reason.
- 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;
- 1895, Alfred Russel Wallace, “XX: Anomalous Islands: Celebes”, in Island Life:
- But of late years extensive Tertiary deposits of Miocene age have been discovered, showing that it is not a mere congeries of volcanoes; it [Iceland] is connected with the British Islands and with Greenland by seas less than 500 fathoms deep; and it possesses a few mammalia, one of which is peculiar, and at least three peculiar species of birds.
- (dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
- 1769, King James Bible, Titus ii. 14:
- Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
- 1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie:
- hymns […] that Christianity hath peculiar unto itself
- (dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
- 1629, John Milton, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity:
- while each peculiar power forgoes his wonted seat
- 1697, Dryden, John, transl., Aeneid, translation of Aeneis by Virgil:
- My fate is Juno's most peculiar care.
Synonyms
[edit]- (out of the ordinary): see also Thesaurus:strange
- (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance): see also Thesaurus:specific
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “out of the ordinary”): see also Thesaurus:normal
- (antonym(s) of “common or usual in a particular place or circumstance”): see also Thesaurus:generic
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]out of the ordinary
common or usual for a particular place or circumstance
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Noun
[edit]peculiar (plural peculiars)
- That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
- before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons
- If anything can legalize revenge, it should be injury from an extremely obliged person; but revenge is so absolutely the peculiar of heaven.
- before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons
- (UK, canon law) an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated.
See also
[edit]peculiar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Peculiar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References
[edit]- ^ Funk, W. J., Word origins and their romantic stories, New York, Wilfred Funk, Inc.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin pecūliāris.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [pə.ku.liˈar]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pə.ku.liˈa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pe.ku.liˈaɾ]
Adjective
[edit]peculiar m or f (masculine and feminine plural peculiars)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “peculiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “peculiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “peculiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “peculiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin pecūliāris.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: pe‧cu‧li‧ar
Adjective
[edit]peculiar m or f (plural peculiares)
- peculiar; unusual; strange
- peculiar (common or usual for a particular place or circumstance)
- Synonym: particular
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “peculiar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “peculiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “peculiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “peculiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “peculiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “peculiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin pecūliāris.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]peculiar m or f (masculine and feminine plural peculiares)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “peculiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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