peculiarityn.

Brit.

/pᵻˌkjuːlɪˈarᵻti/, U.S.

/pəˌkjulˈjɛrədi/,

/pəˌkjuliˈɛrədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peculiar adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < peculiar adj. + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin peculiaritas private property, right or power of possessing property, particular care or attention, affection, special or particular manner (6th cent.), Spanish peculiaridad distinguishing characteristic (mid 16th cent. or earlier). With sense 1 compare earlier peculiarness n.In sense 5 < peculiar n. + -ity suffix; compare slightly earlier peculiarism n. a.

1. The quality of being peculiar to or characteristic of an individual person or thing. Also: that which is peculiar to an individual person or thing; a distinguishing or special characteristic.In later use not easily distinguishable from sense 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic

privilegec1225

distinctionc1374

propertyc1390

tachea1400

pointa1425

specialty?a1425

difference?c1425

conditionc1460

markc1522

touch1528

specialty1532

differentia1551

character?1569

formality1570

particularity1585

peculiar1589

accent1591

appropriation1600

characterism1603

peculiarity1606

resemblance1622

propera1626

speciality1625

specificationa1631

appropriament1633

characteristic1646

discrimination1646

diagnostic1651

characteristical1660

stroke1666

talent1670

physiognomya1680

oddity1713

distinctive1816

spécialité1836

trait1864

flavour1866

middle name1905

discriminant1920

discriminator1943

1606 H. Wotton Let. 6 Dec. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) (modernized text) I. 372 It seemeth fit..in all event to repeat this peculiarity received from the party at Milan.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 90 That a piece of opium will dead the force and blow [of a bullet]..I finde herein no such peculiarity, no more then in any gumme or viscose body.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 78/2 We shall speak first of those things wherein they agree; and of their peculiarities afterwards.

1799 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 309 The kind of marble which had been called Dolomite, from M. Dolomieu, who first remarked its peculiarity in dissolving slowly.

1832 J. Austin Province Jurispr. i. 7 A command, then, is a signification of desire. But a command is distinguished..by this peculiarity: that the party to whom it is directed is [etc.].

1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks ii. i. 72 It is a peculiarity of Asia that its regions are either very hot or very cold.

1880 19th Cent. Sept. 426 Has borrowed English been a peculiarity of the last two or three centuries?

1919 W. S. Maugham Moon & Sixpence xlviii. 209 To them he was no more than a beach-comber in constant need of money, remarkable only for the peculiarity that he painted pictures which seemed to them absurd.

1972 Korea Times 19 Nov. 2/1 The selection of handicraft products will be based on the local peculiarities and other natural advantages.

1989 P. Ackroyd First Light xxi. 81 It was a peculiarity of Julian's temperament that he assumed everyone would agree with his own estimate of himself.

†2.

a. The condition or fact of belonging exclusively to an individual or group of individuals; exclusive possession; private ownership. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > owning > [noun] > private or individual ownership

improperation1502

privatenessa1586

individuity1606

peculiarity1611

unsharedness1896

1611 Bp. J. Hall Epist. III. v. ii. 24 What neede we to disclaime all peculiarity in goods?

b. Theology. The condition of being God's chosen people. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > person > condition

peculiarity1680

Israelism1684

1680 R. Baxter Moral Prognostication ii. xlviii. 62 Some of them [sc. Jews] Re-established in their own Land: But not to their antient peculiarity, or policy and Law.

1777 J. W. Fletcher Bible-Calvinism 17 in Bible-Arminianism If God had made his covenants of peculiarity with all mankind, would they not have ceased to be peculiar?

†3.

a. A particular liking or regard; a partiality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > particular liking or partiality

partiality?a1439

respect1528

respecting1574

like1612

peculiarity1687

feeling1750

softness1873

1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora (1703) xi. 152 He could discern in her Breast such a resentment of his Services, as..imply'd a peculiarity for his Person.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison i. 102 He has too many personal advantages for a woman who loved him with peculiarity, to be easy with.

1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men v. 209 Shakespeare has no peculiarity, no importunate topic; but all is duly given.

b. Special attentiveness to a person. Cf. particularity n. 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectful attention

observancec1425

court1590

courtship1597

attendancya1600

observancy1601

observation1605

courting1607

assiduity1641

observantness1727

peculiarity1747

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. iii. 19 I had not value enough for him, to treat him with peculiarity either by smiles or frowns.

4. The quality of being unusual or unlike others; singularity, uncommonness, oddity; an instance of this, an odd trait or characteristic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique

singlurec1400

oddness1581

unmatchableness1608

peerlessness1611

unmatchedness?1611

incomparability1632

incomparableness1633

inimitableness1660

unparalleledness1665

unparallelness1667

peculiarity1751

uniquity1789

uniqueness1802

unicity1859

phoenixity1886

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > a special thing > an exceptional feature

quirka1616

singularity1663

peculiarity1751

purlicues1808

notability1856

idiasm1868

1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 17 She died towards the end of January..absolutely destroyed by the peculiarity of her fate.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 144 I said, in writing a life a man's peculiarities should be mentioned, because they mark his character.

1817 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. i. 18 There is another very singular peculiarity about Mr. Talfourd; he can't spell.

1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple xvi. 179 You will have noticed the peculiarity of the expression.

1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 777/1 The sound of wheels drew nearer, and a distinct peculiarity was audible in the way in which the horse put one of his hoofs to the ground.

1920 C. Carswell Open Door! i. i. 7 Georgie and Joanna were at one in this: they hated any publication of their mother's peculiarities.

1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xiv. 94 He entertained philosophers and faunists, herbalists and bakers without prejudice, enduring peculiarity for the sake of his work.

†5. colloquial (depreciative). Evangelicalism; = peculiarism n. a. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun]

latitudinarianism1676

Low Church1699

Low-Churchisma1787

Hoadlyism1800

evangelicism1807

evangelism1812

Low-Churchmanism1829

evangelicalism1831

peculiarism1835

peculiarity1838

evangelicanism1887

Kensitism1898

1838 S. Wilberforce in A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. iv. 114 They will disgust some well-intentioned Churchmen by a fanciful imitation of antiquity, and drive them into lower depths of ‘Peculiarity’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peculiarity
释义	peculiarityn. Brit. /pᵻˌkjuːlɪˈarᵻti/, U.S. /pəˌkjulˈjɛrədi/, /pəˌkjuliˈɛrədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: peculiar adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < peculiar adj. + -ity suffix. Compare post-classical Latin peculiaritas private property, right or power of possessing property, particular care or attention, affection, special or particular manner (6th cent.), Spanish peculiaridad distinguishing characteristic (mid 16th cent. or earlier). With sense 1 compare earlier peculiarness n.In sense 5 < peculiar n. + -ity suffix; compare slightly earlier peculiarism n. a. 1. The quality of being peculiar to or characteristic of an individual person or thing. Also: that which is peculiar to an individual person or thing; a distinguishing or special characteristic.In later use not easily distinguishable from sense 4. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic privilegec1225 distinctionc1374 propertyc1390 tachea1400 pointa1425 specialty?a1425 difference?c1425 conditionc1460 markc1522 touch1528 specialty1532 differentia1551 character?1569 formality1570 particularity1585 peculiar1589 accent1591 appropriation1600 characterism1603 peculiarity1606 resemblance1622 propera1626 speciality1625 specificationa1631 appropriament1633 characteristic1646 discrimination1646 diagnostic1651 characteristical1660 stroke1666 talent1670 physiognomya1680 oddity1713 distinctive1816 spécialité1836 trait1864 flavour1866 middle name1905 discriminant1920 discriminator1943 1606 H. Wotton Let. 6 Dec. in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) (modernized text) I. 372 It seemeth fit..in all event to repeat this peculiarity received from the party at Milan. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 90 That a piece of opium will dead the force and blow [of a bullet]..I finde herein no such peculiarity, no more then in any gumme or viscose body. View more context for this quotation 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 78/2 We shall speak first of those things wherein they agree; and of their peculiarities afterwards. 1799 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 309 The kind of marble which had been called Dolomite, from M. Dolomieu, who first remarked its peculiarity in dissolving slowly. 1832 J. Austin Province Jurispr. i. 7 A command, then, is a signification of desire. But a command is distinguished..by this peculiarity: that the party to whom it is directed is [etc.]. 1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks ii. i. 72 It is a peculiarity of Asia that its regions are either very hot or very cold. 1880 19th Cent. Sept. 426 Has borrowed English been a peculiarity of the last two or three centuries? 1919 W. S. Maugham Moon & Sixpence xlviii. 209 To them he was no more than a beach-comber in constant need of money, remarkable only for the peculiarity that he painted pictures which seemed to them absurd. 1972 Korea Times 19 Nov. 2/1 The selection of handicraft products will be based on the local peculiarities and other natural advantages. 1989 P. Ackroyd First Light xxi. 81 It was a peculiarity of Julian's temperament that he assumed everyone would agree with his own estimate of himself. †2. a. The condition or fact of belonging exclusively to an individual or group of individuals; exclusive possession; private ownership. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [noun] > private or individual ownership improperation1502 privatenessa1586 individuity1606 peculiarity1611 unsharedness1896 1611 Bp. J. Hall Epist. III. v. ii. 24 What neede we to disclaime all peculiarity in goods? b. Theology. The condition of being God's chosen people. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > [noun] > person > condition peculiarity1680 Israelism1684 1680 R. Baxter Moral Prognostication ii. xlviii. 62 Some of them [sc. Jews] Re-established in their own Land: But not to their antient peculiarity, or policy and Law. 1777 J. W. Fletcher Bible-Calvinism 17 in Bible-Arminianism If God had made his covenants of peculiarity with all mankind, would they not have ceased to be peculiar? †3. a. A particular liking or regard; a partiality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > particular liking or partiality partiality?a1439 respect1528 respecting1574 like1612 peculiarity1687 feeling1750 softness1873 1687 R. Boyle Martyrdom Theodora (1703) xi. 152 He could discern in her Breast such a resentment of his Services, as..imply'd a peculiarity for his Person. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison i. 102 He has too many personal advantages for a woman who loved him with peculiarity, to be easy with. 1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men v. 209 Shakespeare has no peculiarity, no importunate topic; but all is duly given. b. Special attentiveness to a person. Cf. particularity n. 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > respectful attention observancec1425 court1590 courtship1597 attendancya1600 observancy1601 observation1605 courting1607 assiduity1641 observantness1727 peculiarity1747 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. iii. 19 I had not value enough for him, to treat him with peculiarity either by smiles or frowns. 4. The quality of being unusual or unlike others; singularity, uncommonness, oddity; an instance of this, an odd trait or characteristic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique singlurec1400 oddness1581 unmatchableness1608 peerlessness1611 unmatchedness?1611 incomparability1632 incomparableness1633 inimitableness1660 unparalleledness1665 unparallelness1667 peculiarity1751 uniquity1789 uniqueness1802 unicity1859 phoenixity1886 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > a special thing > an exceptional feature quirka1616 singularity1663 peculiarity1751 purlicues1808 notability1856 idiasm1868 1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 17 She died towards the end of January..absolutely destroyed by the peculiarity of her fate. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1777 II. 144 I said, in writing a life a man's peculiarities should be mentioned, because they mark his character. 1817 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. i. 18 There is another very singular peculiarity about Mr. Talfourd; he can't spell. 1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple xvi. 179 You will have noticed the peculiarity of the expression. 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 777/1 The sound of wheels drew nearer, and a distinct peculiarity was audible in the way in which the horse put one of his hoofs to the ground. 1920 C. Carswell Open Door! i. i. 7 Georgie and Joanna were at one in this: they hated any publication of their mother's peculiarities. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xiv. 94 He entertained philosophers and faunists, herbalists and bakers without prejudice, enduring peculiarity for the sake of his work. †5. colloquial (depreciative). Evangelicalism; = peculiarism n. a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun] latitudinarianism1676 Low Church1699 Low-Churchisma1787 Hoadlyism1800 evangelicism1807 evangelism1812 Low-Churchmanism1829 evangelicalism1831 peculiarism1835 peculiarity1838 evangelicanism1887 Kensitism1898 1838 S. Wilberforce in A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. iv. 114 They will disgust some well-intentioned Churchmen by a fanciful imitation of antiquity, and drive them into lower depths of ‘Peculiarity’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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