singular (
http://definr.com/singular)
adj 1: unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is
singular in one so young" [syn:
remarkable]
2: 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,
peculiar,
queer,
rum,
rummy]
3: being a single and separate person or thing; "can the
singular person be understood apart from his culture?";
"every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any
other fact and sole of its kind"-William James
4: grammatical number category referring to a single item or
unit [ant:
plural]
5: the single one of its kind; "a singular example"; "the
unique existing example of Donne's handwriting"; "a unique
copy of an ancient manuscript"; "certain types of problems
have unique solutions" [syn:
unique]
n : the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton [syn:
singular form] [ant:
plural]