peculiar

pe-cu-liar · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Strange or unusual, especially in an unsettling way.

  2. 2.

    Belonging exclusively to a particular person, place, or thing; distinctive.

Related words

Antonyms: common, normal, ordinary
See also: odd, strange, unique
Synonyms: distinctive, odd, strange, unusual

Etymology

From Latin peculiaris meaning "of private property," from peculium "private property," originally "property in cattle," from pecu "cattle."