Peculiar: alternatives and connections

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; di…

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Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; di…

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Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute i…

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Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute i…

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Belonging to another country; foreign.

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Belonging to another country; foreign.

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Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.

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Not usual; uncommon; rare; as, an unusual season; a person of unusual grace or erudition.

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The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.

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The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.

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Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.

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Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.

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Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.

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Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual…

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At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or ac…

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A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of…

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Of or pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.

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Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.

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Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort.

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