peculiar (
http://definr.com/peculiar)
adj 1: 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" [syn:
curious,
funny,
odd,
queer,
rum,
rummy,
singular]
2: 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" [syn:
particular(a),
peculiar(a),
special(a)]
3: 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: characteristic of one only; distinctive or special; "the
peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."-
R.B.Taney [syn:
peculiar(a)]