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peculiarity Noun pl -ties 1. a strange or unusual habit; eccentricity 2. a distinguishing trait 3. the state or quality of being peculiar
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peculiarity noun 3. characteristic, mark, feature, quality, property, attribute, trait, speciality, singularity, distinctiveness, particularity Translations peculiarity [pɪkjuːlɪˈærɪtɪ] peculiar n (= strange habit) → Eigenart f (= distinctive feature); Besonderheit f, Eigentümlichkeit f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The laws governing inheritance are quite unknown; no one can say why the same peculiarity in different individuals of the same species, and in individuals of different species, is sometimes inherited and sometimes not so; why the child often reverts in certain characters to its grandfather or grandmother or other much more remote ancestor; why a peculiarity is often transmitted from one sex to both sexes or to one sex alone, more commonly but not exclusively to the like sex. The one cause of death had been Hemorrhage; and the one peculiarity which called for notice had been discovered in the mouth. Every author has some peculiarity in his descriptions or in his style of writing. |
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