peculiar

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

• “a curious hybrid accent”
• “her speech has a funny twang”
• “they have some funny ideas about war”
• “had an odd name”
• “the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves”
• “something definitely queer about this town”
• “what a rum fellow”
• “singular behavior”

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

• “the particular demands of the job”
• “has a paraticular preference for Chinese art”
• “a peculiar bond of sympathy between them”
• “an expression peculiar to Canadians”
• “rights peculiar to the rich”

markedly different from the usual

• “a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats”
• “a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman” Virginia Woolf

characteristic of one only; distinctive or special

• “the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S.” R.B.Taney