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peculiar

 
/pɪˈkjul·jər/ adj [not gradable] (BELONGING TO)

Definition

characteristic especially of a particular person, group, or thing: Katherine Hepburn’s way of talking was peculiar to her.
(Definition of peculiar adj (BELONGING TO) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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