ALL meanings of peculiar
pe·cu·liar
P p - adjective peculiar strange 1
- abbreviation PECULIAR person 1
- adjective peculiar characteristic 1
- adjective peculiar strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings. 1
- adjective peculiar uncommon; unusual: the peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats. 1
- adjective peculiar distinctive in nature or character from others. 1
- adjective peculiar belonging characteristically (usually followed by to): an expression peculiar to Canadians. 1
- adjective peculiar belonging exclusively to some person, group, or thing: the peculiar properties of a drug. 1
- adjective peculiar Astronomy. designating a star or galaxy with special properties that deviates from others of its spectral type or galaxy class. 1
- noun peculiar a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person. 1
- noun peculiar British. a particular parish or church that is exempted from the jurisdiction of the ordinary or bishop in whose diocese it lies and is governed by another. 1
- noun peculiar peculiars, Also called arbitraries. British Printing. special characters not generally included in standard type fonts, as phonetic symbols, mathematical symbols, etc. 1
- adjective peculiar If you describe someone or something as peculiar, you think that they are strange or unusual, sometimes in an unpleasant way. 0
- adjective peculiar If something is peculiar to a particular thing, person, or situation, it belongs or relates only to that thing, person, or situation. 0
- graded adjective peculiar If you say that you feel peculiar, you mean that you feel slightly ill or unsteady. 0
- adjective peculiar strange or unusual; odd 0
- adjective peculiar distinct from others; special 0
- adjective peculiar belonging characteristically or exclusively (to) 0
- noun peculiar a special sort, esp an accented letter 0
- noun peculiar a church or parish that is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary in whose diocese it lies 0
- adjective peculiar of only one person, thing, group, country, etc.; distinctive; exclusive 0
- adjective peculiar particular; unique; special 0
- adjective peculiar out of the ordinary; queer; odd; strange 0
- noun peculiar something belonging to one only, as a privilege 0
- noun peculiar a church or parish under a jurisdiction other than that of the diocese in which it is located 0