peculiaries
peculiaries noun: peculiarities.
Noun
peculiaries pl (plural only)
- Peculiarities.
- Was it within the present century, or the last, that the people found out that every sacred penman has his peculiaries of both thought and expression?1887, Rev. E.F. Burr, “Infallible Scripture”, in Bibliotheca Sacra, volume 44, page 121
- At the same time some peculiaries in the microscopic structure of the scales of some of the fossil fishes of the coal-measures led him to investigate the subject of scale and bone-structures amongst fishes generally.1881, E.W. Allen (publisher), “Professor W.C. Williamson, F.R.S.”, in The Biograph and Review, volume 6, page 281
Examples of peculiaries in a sentence
- India has, however, certain peculiaries of her own, which entail a relatively higher expenditure for tax-collection and administration.1929, Khushal Talaksi Shah, Federal Finance in India, page 190:
- Unfortunately, townships do not conform to the neighborhood and trade center boundaries, but the county and township population pyramids may be helpful in explaining certain peculiaries.1947, Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Wisconsin. Division for Library Services, “The Ecology of Rural Interaction”, in Wisconsin Library...
Questions about peculiaries
- What does peculiaries mean?
- Peculiaries means peculiarities.
- How do you use peculiaries in a sentence?
- India has, however, certain peculiaries of her own, which entail a relatively higher expenditure for tax-collection and administration.
- What part of speech is peculiaries?
- Peculiaries is a noun.
Words near peculiaries in the dictionary
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