peculiar

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This anonymous writer was positive that the rappings sounded “always under or about the mediums” and called one of the male mediums “most peculiar and un-wholesome looking.”

From Literature

Technically, Duane had made her acquaintance first, which was peculiar, given that Boo had already been in the company of Handsome for quite a while.

From Literature

At the same time, he was making the bottoms ring with a peculiar noise that he hadn’t made before.

From Literature

His “more real” is frustrating, pleasurable, terrifying, exalting, and as familiar as our own peculiar families.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Rumpelstiltskin” is surely one of the more peculiar tales in the Brothers Grimm canon.

From The Wall Street Journal