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say it: puh-KYOO-lyur
peculiar is an adjective meaning "beyond or deviating from the usual or expected". It is pronounced /pəˈkjuljɚ/ — puh-KYOO-lyur. It carries 4 recorded senses.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
“a curious hybrid accent”
“her speech has a funny twang”
“they have some funny ideas about war”
“had an odd name”
“the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves”
“something definitely queer about this town”
“what a rum fellow”
“singular behavior”
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
“the particular demands of the job”
“has a particular preference for Chinese art”
“a peculiar bond of sympathy between them”
“an expression peculiar to Canadians”
“rights peculiar to the rich”
“the special features of a computer”
“my own special chair”
markedly different from the usual
“a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats”
“a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman”
characteristic of one only; distinctive or special
“the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S.”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for peculiar come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.