Adjective
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"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"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 Woolf4. characteristic of one only; distinctive or special;
"the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney