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peculiar

/pɪˈkjul.jɚ/ noun C2
  1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.

Plural peculiars

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Rikki-tikki’s eyes grew red again, and he danced up to Karait with the peculiar rocking, swaying motion that he had inherited from his family.
The Jungle Book, p. 71 · B2
“The engagement between them is of a peculiar kind.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 337 · B2
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 2 · C1
It was then that he encountered for the first time Villefort’s look,—that look peculiar to the magistrate, who, while seeming to read the thoughts of others, betrays nothing of his own.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 60 · C1

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