peculiar
/icons/point.icon 奇妙な
strange: 普通ではない奇妙な状態をいう最も一般的な語で, 説明･理解しがたいほどに奇妙であることをいい, 時に驚き･不思議さ･恐怖を暗示する
odd: 〘主に話〙 で, 通常や期待と違って, また, 周囲から逸脱して, 驚き･心配を伴うほどに少し奇妙なことをいう
weird: 〘くだけて〙 で, 通常とは違っており理解･説明しがたいほどかなり奇妙なことをいう. strangeより強意的で, 〘話〙 ではしばしば〘けなして〙 用いられる
funny: 〘ややくだけて･主に話〙 で, strangeとほぼ同様に用いるが, strangeが時にもつ恐怖の暗示はない
curious: 〘ややかたく･主に書〙 で, 通常とは違って奇妙なことをいうが, この意では事に用い, 人に用いると「好奇心のある」の意となるので注意
peculiar: 〘米〙 では〘ややかたく〙 響くが, 通常と違ったり, なじみがないため, 愉快さや不快･心配を伴うほどにわずかに奇妙な場合に用いる
/icons/point.icon CHARACTERISTIC, INDIVIDUAL, PECULIAR, DISTINCTIVE mean indicating a special quality or identity.
CHARACTERISTIC applies to something that distinguishes or identifies a person or thing or class.
e.g. responded with her characteristic wit
INDIVIDUAL stresses qualities that distinguish one from all other members of the same kind or class.
e.g. a highly individual writing style
PECULIAR applies to qualities possessed only by a particular individual or class or kind and stresses rarity or uniqueness.
e.g. an eccentricity that is peculiar to the British
DISTINCTIVE indicates qualities distinguishing and uncommon and often superior or praiseworthy.
e.g. a distinctive aura of grace and elegance
/icons/point.icon STRANGE, SINGULAR, UNIQUE, PECULIAR, ECCENTRIC, ERRATIC, ODD, QUAINT, OUTLANDISH mean departing from what is ordinary, usual, or to be expected.
STRANGE stresses unfamiliarity and may apply to the foreign, the unnatural, the unaccountable.
e.g. a journey filled with strange sights
SINGULAR suggests individuality or puzzling strangeness.
e.g. a singular feeling of impending disaster
UNIQUE implies singularity and the fact of being without a known parallel.
e.g. a career unique in the annals of science
PECULIAR implies a marked distinctiveness.
e.g. the peculiar status of America's first lady
ECCENTRIC suggests a wide divergence from the usual or normal especially in behavior.
e.g. the eccentric eating habits of preschoolers
ERRATIC stresses a capricious and unpredictable wandering or deviating.
e.g. a friend's suddenly erratic behavior
ODD applies to a departure from the regular or expected.
e.g. an odd sense of humor
QUAINT suggests an old-fashioned but pleasant oddness.
e.g. a quaint fishing village
OUTLANDISH applies to what is uncouth, bizarre, or barbaric.
e.g. outlandish fashions of the time
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adjective
1. strange or odd; unusual:
〈人･物が〉奇妙な, 普通でない (!｟米｠ では｟ややかたく｠ 響く) ; 不快な; 〖it is ～(that)節/to do〗 …ということ, …するのは奇妙だ
e.g. his accent was a peculiar mixture of Cockney and Irish.
predicative informal slightly and indefinably unwell; faint or dizzy:
｟くだけて｠ ; 〖be ～〗 〈人が〉少し気分が悪い
e.g. I felt a little peculiar for a while, but I'm absolutely fine now.
2. particular; special:
〈物が〉 【特定の人･場所･状況に】特有の, 独特の(unique) «to»
e.g. any attempt to explicate the theme is bound to run into peculiar difficulties.
predicative (peculiar to) belonging exclusively to:
e.g. the air hung with an antiseptic aroma peculiar to hospitals.
noun chiefly British
a parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, through being subject to the jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense ‘particular’): from Latin peculiaris ‘of private property’, from peculium ‘property’, from pecu ‘cattle’ (cattle being private property). The sense ‘strange’ dates from the early 17th century.