peculiarity
1Peculiarity — Pe*cul iar i*ty, n.; pl. {Peculiarities}. 1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. [1913 Webster] The …
2peculiarity — index character (personal quality), characteristic, differential, distinction (difference), feature (characteristic), habit …
3peculiarity — special characteristic, 1640s, from PECULIAR (Cf. peculiar) + ITY (Cf. ity). Noun meaning an oddity is attested by 1777. Related: Peculiarities …
4peculiarity — [n] characteristic; oddity abnormality, affectation, attribute, bizarreness, character, distinctiveness, eccentricity, feature, foible, freakishness, gimmick, idiosyncrasy, kink*, mannerism, mark, odd trait, particularity, property, quality,… …
5peculiarity — ► NOUN (pl. pecularities) 1) an unusual or distinctive feature or habit. 2) the state of being peculiar …
6peculiarity — [pi kyo͞o΄lē er′ə tē] n. 1. the quality or condition of being peculiar 2. pl. peculiarities something that is peculiar, as a trait or habit …
7peculiarity — pe|cu|li|ar|i|ty [pıˌkju:liˈærıti] n plural peculiarities 1.) something that is a feature of only one particular place, person, situation etc peculiarity of ▪ The lack of a written constitution is a peculiarity of the British political system.… …
8peculiarity — [[t]pɪkju͟ːliæ̱rɪti[/t]] peculiarities 1) N COUNT: with supp, oft N of n A peculiarity that someone or something has is a strange or unusual characteristic or habit. Joe s other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy. 2) N… …
9peculiarity — noun 1) a legal peculiarity Syn: oddity, anomaly, abnormality 2) a physical peculiarity Syn: idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quirk, foible 3) one of the peculiarities of the city Syn …
10peculiarity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ individual ▪ local VERB + PECULIARITY ▪ have ▪ The area has a few local peculiarities. PREPOSITION …
