<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>strange; queer; odd: peculiar happenings.</li><li>Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric</li><li>uncommon; unusual: the peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats.</li><li>Synonyms: exceptional, singular, extraordinary</li><li>Antonyms: common</li><li>distinctive in nature or character from others.</li><li>belonging characteristically (usually followed by to): an expression peculiar to Canadians.</li><li>belonging exclusively to some person, group, or thing: the peculiar properties of a drug.</li><li>Synonyms: unique, special, particular, personal, individual</li><li>Antonyms: common</li><li>Astronomy: designating a star or galaxy with special properties that deviates from others of its spectral type or galaxy class.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a property or privilege belonging exclusively or characteristically to a person.</li><li>British: a particular parish or church that is exempted from the jurisdiction of the ordinary or bishop in whose diocese it lies and is governed by another.</li><li>peculiars.</li><li>Also called arbitraries.</li><li>British Printing: special characters not generally included in standard type fonts, as phonetic symbols, mathematical symbols, etc.</li></ul>