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peculiarity

noun

Reveal meaning and examples

A distinctive or unusual characteristic, habit, or feature.

One peculiarity of the old house was a staircase that ended at a wall.

Dictionary practice example.

A peculiarity of the finished work was a row of small hinged shapes that turned whenever someone rotated a side handle.