peculiar

adj 1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious

hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they

have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name";

"the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something

definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum

fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: {curious}, {funny},

{odd}, {queer}, {rum}, {rummy}, {singular}]

2: 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 chair" [syn: {particular(a)}, {peculiar(a)},

{special(a)}]

3: markedly different from the usual; "a peculiar hobby of

stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar

insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia

Woolf

4: characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the

peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."-

R.B.Taney [syn: {peculiar(a)}]