| query | If you describe someone or something as p_______, you think that they are strange or unusual, sometimes in an unpleasant way.If you describe someone or something as peculiar, you think that they are strange or unusual, sometimes in an unpleasant way. Mr Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of humour. Rachel thought it tasted peculiar. His face had become peculiarly expressionless. |
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| word | peculiar |
| full-definition | adjective If you describe someone or something as peculiar, you think that they are strange or unusual, sometimes in an unpleasant way. Mr Kennet has a rather peculiar sense of humour. Rachel thought it tasted peculiar. His face had become peculiarly expressionless. If something is peculiar to a particular thing, person, or situation, it belongs or relates only to that thing, person, or situation. The problem is by no means peculiar to America. Cricket is so peculiarly English. If you say that you feel peculiar, you mean that you feel slightly ill or unsteady . All this has made me feel quite peculiar. |
| inflections | peculiarlypeculiarly |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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