Associations to the word «Peculiarity»

Wiktionary

PECULIARITY, noun. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.
PECULIARITY, noun. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.
PECULIARITY, noun. Exclusive possession or right.

Dictionary definition

PECULIARITY, noun. An odd or unusual characteristic.
PECULIARITY, noun. A distinguishing trait.
PECULIARITY, noun. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne