strange or unusual, especially in a troubling or displeasing way
belonging only (to a particular person, place, time, etc.)
rather ill
"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"
"the particular demands of the job"
"has a particular 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"
"a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"
"a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"
"the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."
The communion loaf..which each one receives only according to his peculiar state of grace.
出自: Henry Miller
Tolstoy's ability to get along..with young men..was..a source of peculiar annoyance to his wife.
出自: A. N. Wilson
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