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peculiar |
Grep of noun peculiar peculiarity Overview of adj peculiar The adj peculiar has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (9) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (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") 2. (7) particular, peculiar, special -- (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") 3. peculiar -- (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. peculiar -- (characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney) Antonyms of adj peculiar 4 senses of peculiar Sense 1 curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar Sense 2 particular(postnominal), peculiar(postnominal), special(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA specific) -> general INDIRECT (VIA specific, specific) -> nonspecific Sense 3 peculiar INDIRECT (VIA unusual) -> usual Sense 4 peculiar(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA characteristic) -> uncharacteristic, uncharacteristic of Similarity of adj peculiar 4 senses of peculiar Sense 1 curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular => strange (vs. familiar), unusual Sense 2 particular(postnominal), peculiar(postnominal), special(postnominal) => specific (vs. general) (vs. nonspecific) Sense 3 peculiar => unusual (vs. usual) Sense 4 peculiar(postnominal) => characteristic (vs. uncharacteristic) Attributes of adj peculiar Familiarity of adj peculiar peculiar used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj peculiar peculiar Overview of adj peculiar The adj peculiar has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (9) curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular -- (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") 2. (7) particular, peculiar, special -- (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") 3. peculiar -- (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. peculiar -- (characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney)
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