'Peculiarity' definitions:
Definition of 'peculiarity'
(from WordNet)
noun
An odd or unusual characteristic [syn: peculiarity, distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic]
noun
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Definition of 'Peculiarity'
From: GCIDE
- Peculiarity \Pe*cul`iar"i*ty\ (p[-e]*k[=u]l`y[a^]r"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Peculiarities (p[-e]*k[=u]l`y[a^]r"[i^]*t[i^]z).
- 1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. [1913 Webster]
- The smallest peculiarity of temper or manner. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Exclusive possession or right. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'peculiarity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberration,
- abnormality,
- absurdity,
- affectation,
- affection,
- anomaly,
- anticness,
- aroma,
- attribute,
- automatism,
- bad habit,
- badge,
- banner,
- bizarreness,
- bizarrerie,
- brand,
- cachet,
- caprice,
- cast,
- character,
- characteristic,
- command of language,
- conceit,
- configuration,
- crackpotism,
- crank,
- crankiness,
- crankism,
- creature of habit,
- crotchet,
- crotchetiness,
- curiousness,
- custom,
- cut,
- deformity,
- deviancy,
- deviation,
- device,
- differentia,
- differential,
- differentness,
- distinctive feature,
- divergence,
- dottiness,
- earmark,
- eccentricity,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- exaggeration,
- expression of ideas,
- fantasticality,
- fashion,
- feature,
- feeling for words,
- figure,
- flavor,
- force of habit,
- form of speech,
- freakiness,
- freakishness,
- grace of expression,
- grandiloquence,
- grotesqueness,
- grotesquerie,
- gust,
- habit,
- habit pattern,
- habitude,
- hallmark,
- idiocrasy,
- idiosyncrasy,
- image,
- impress,
- impression,
- index,
- indicant,
- indicator,
- individualism,
- inflation,
- insignia,
- irregularity,
- keynote,
- kink,
- lineaments,
- literary style,
- maggot,
- malformation,
- manner,
- manner of speaking,
- mannerism,
- mark,
- marking,
- measure,
- minauderie,
- mode,
- mode of expression,
- mold,
- monstrosity,
- monstrousness,
- nature,
- nonconformity,
- note,
- oddity,
- odor,
- outlandishness,
- particularity,
- pattern,
- peculiar trait,
- personal style,
- picture,
- practice,
- praxis,
- property,
- quaintness,
- quality,
- queerness,
- quip,
- quirk,
- quirkiness,
- representation,
- representative,
- rhetoric,
- savor,
- seal,
- second nature,
- sense of language,
- shape,
- sigil,
- sign,
- signal,
- signature,
- singularity,
- smack,
- speciality,
- specialty,
- stamp,
- stereotype,
- stereotyped behavior,
- strain,
- strangeness,
- style,
- stylistic analysis,
- stylistics,
- sure sign,
- symptom,
- taint,
- tang,
- taste,
- telltale sign,
- teratism,
- the grand style,
- the plain style,
- the sublime,
- token,
- trademark,
- trait,
- trick,
- trick of behavior,
- twist,
- unconventionality,
- unnaturalness,
- usage,
- use,
- vein,
- way,
- weirdness,
- whim,
- whimsicality,
- whimsy,
- wont