S: (adj) particular (particular%3:00:00:specific:00), peculiar (peculiar%3:00:00:specific:00), special (special%3:00:01:specific:00) (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"
S: (adj) peculiar (peculiar%3:00:00:unusual:00) (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"-Virginia Woolf
S: (adj) peculiar (peculiar%3:00:00:characteristic:00) (characteristic of one only; distinctive or special) "the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."- R.B.Taney