meaning of peculiar
1. Ones own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation.
2. Particular; individual; special; appropriate.
3. Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance.
4. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
5. A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
6. 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
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