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US
/pɪkˌjuɫiˈɛɹəti/
]
[ UK /pɪkjˌuːlɪˈæɹɪti/ ]
[ UK /pɪkjˌuːlɪˈæɹɪti/ ]
NOUN
- a distinguishing trait
- something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
- an odd or unusual characteristic
How To Use peculiarity In A Sentence
- However peculiarity is a characteristic of all things Royal, not to say outright barminess.
- It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it.
- It is the peculiarity of knowledge that those who really thirst for it always get it.
- One reason has to do with what is a real American peculiarity.
- For it is the peculiarity of linear extension that it alone allows its magnitudes to be placed in _absolute_ juxtaposition, or, rather, in coincident position; it alone can test the equality of two magnitudes by observing whether they will coalesce, as two equal mathematical lines do, when placed between the same points; it alone can test _equality_ by trying whether it will become _identity_. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library
- -- The distention of the surface veins of the legs, the condition known as varicose veins, is not a peculiarity of pregnancy. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy
- I noticed a certain peculiarity about his appearance.
- One peculiarity of this artist's pictures was that he used actual gold leaf to make the high lights upon hair, leaves, and draperies.
- You couldn't help but be aware of the peculiarity of the situation.
- A man must be strong enough to mould the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.