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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peculiar/pɪˈkjuːliə(r)/

▶adjective

1 strange or odd.

2 (peculiar to) belonging exclusively to.

3 particular; special.

▶noun chiefly Brit. a parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop.

– derivatives
peculiarly adverb.

– origin ME: from L. peculiaris ‘of private property’, from peculium ‘property’, from pecu ‘cattle’.

'peculiar' also found in these Oxford entries:

Anglicism - cant - characteristic radiation - dialect - funny - idiolect - idiosyncrasy - peculiarity - provincialism - quirk - quirky - regionalism - rum - trick - wacky - woman

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