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pe·cu·liar Listen to audio/pɪˈkju:ljɚ/ adjective
[more peculiar; most peculiar] 1 : not usual or normal : strange
It seems peculiar that he would leave town and not tell anybody. The dog's peculiar behavior worried them. She got a peculiar feeling when the phone rang. She had a peculiar expression on her face.
2 not used before a noun, Brit, informal : not well : somewhat ill
He's feeling peculiar.
peculiar to
: of, relating to, or found in (only one person, thing, or place)
a custom peculiar to America [=a custom that is found only in America]
— pe·cu·liar·ly adverb
The movie has a peculiarly [=distinctively, uniquely, particularly] American quality. He's been behaving peculiarly. [=(more commonly) strangely, oddly]
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