Meaning & use
peculiarity
A characteristic or habit that is unusual or distinctive to a particular person or thing.
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One peculiarity of the old house was a staircase that led nowhere at all.
Everyone in the family has their own peculiarities, like Dad's habit of humming while cooking.
A note on using this word
Peculiarity can describe something merely distinctive, not necessarily negative, unlike words like flaw or defect.
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