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sui generis

[soo-i ge-ne-ris, soo-ahy jen-er-is, soo-ee] / ˈsʊ ɪ ˈgɛ nɛ rɪs, ˈsu aɪ ˈdʒɛn ər ɪs, ˈsu i /




Example Sentences

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Mr. Richardson’s explication of these sui generis novels is astute and highly welcome.

From The Wall Street Journal

She thought of the sui generis Hixby’s guidebook, the fictitious Judge Quinzy, and the mysterious danger Miss Mortimer had warned her about.

From Literature

It made him singular, but perhaps unintentionally it makes him look less sui generis than lonely.

From Los Angeles Times

He was, however, an original, with a sui generis style both intense and charming.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Sèvres Extraordinaire!” approaches its subject—pioneering, astonishing ceramic confections that are neither purely functional nor purely decorative but sui generis art, or “sculpture”—in the broadest sense.

From The Wall Street Journal