peculiarly
/pɪˈkjuːljəli/pih-KYOOL-yur-lee
/pɪˈkjuljɚli/pih-KYOOL-yur-lee
Meaningin a one's-own way
Common meaning: strangely
Other meanings: specially
- peculprivate propertyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1322 · scan
- iaradjective ending (Latin -iaris)
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinpecūlium, -ī‘private property’
- Frenchpeculier
- Englishpeculiar‘strange’
- Englishformed in English from peculiarpeculiarly‘strangely’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from peculiar + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PECULIAR, p.429 · scan
Roots
- pecūlium, -ī Latin “private property”
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