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peculiar

adjective
  1. Deviating from the customary: bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird. Slang: kooky, screwball. British Slang: rum, rummy 2. See usual
  2. Causing puzzlement; perplexing: curious, funny, odd, queer, strange, weird. See usual
  3. Serving to identify or set apart an individual or group: characteristic, distinctive, individual, typical, vintage. See same
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