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speciality |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Speciality \Spe`ci*al"i*ty\, n.; pl {Specialities}. [See {Special}, and {Specialty}.] 1. A particular or peculiar case; a particularity. --Sir M. Hale. 2. (Law) See {Specialty}, 3. 3. The special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing that for which a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special occupation or object of attention; a specialty. On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. --Hooker. Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow-mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality. --Ld. Lytton. We 'll say instead, the inconsequent creature man, - For that'a his speciality. --Mrs. Browning. Think of this sir, . . . remote from the impulses of passion, and apart from the specialities -- if I may use that strong remark -- of prejudice. --Dickens. 4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: speciality n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte" [syn: {forte}, {long suit}, {metier}, {specialty}, {strong point}, {strength}] [ant: {weak point}] 2: a distinguishing trait [syn: {peculiarity}, {specialness}, {specialty}, {distinctiveness}] 3: the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: {specialization}, {specialisation}, {specialty}, {specialism}]
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