peculiar

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  2. adjective unique or specific to a person or thing or category
  3. adjective markedly different from the usual; ; -Virginia Woolf

Etymology

From Latin pecūliāris (“one's own”), from pecūlium (“private property”), from pecus (“cattle”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

curious, funny, odd, queer, rum, rummy, singular

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