Reverse Dictionary: PECULIAR

PECULIAR, PECULIARITY, PECULIARLY

ADJECTIVES
► CHUMPY peculiar, eccentric → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► CRANKY eccentric, queer, peculiar in notions or behaviour; crotchety, whimsical → 1850
► CURIOUSSOME curious, odd, peculiar, strange → 1957 Amer. dial.
► CURISOME curious, odd, peculiar, strange → 1884 Amer. dial.
► DIPPY foolish, simple-minded, idiotic, shallow-minded; infatuated, deeply in love; peculiar, mildly insane, crazy → 1899 US sl.
► FITIFIED eccentric, peculiar; hysterical, nervous; erratic, fastidious → 1912 Amer. dial.
► FLAKY peculiar and unreliable → 1993 US sl. (Bk.)
► FUNNY odd, peculiar, strange; interesting, surprising, unexpected → 1793 colloq.
► FUNNY-LOOKING strange, peculiar, or odd-looking → 1895
► FUNNY-PECULIAR funny in the sense of strange or peculiar → 1916 colloq.
► JAKEY peculiar or odd in appearance → 1964 US sl.
► NARROW-NEBBED stubborn, dogmatic; peculiar → 1930 Amer. dial.
► NEONACH of a person: peculiar, droll → 1930 Sc. 
► NOTIONABLE of people: queer, odd, strange, peculiar → 1967 Amer. dial.
► NOTIONAL strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy → 1791 Amer. dial.
► NOTIONATE strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy → 1850 Amer. dial.
► ODD AS ADAM’S OFF-OX, AS said of one having odd or peculiar ideas or notions → 1966 Amer. dial.
► ODD AS DICK’S HATBAND very odd or peculiar → 1909 Amer. dial.
► ODD AS GOD’S OFF-OX, AS said of one having odd or peculiar ideas or notions → 1967 Amer. dial.
► ODDBALL markedly peculiar or eccentric → 1940 US sl.
► ODDER THAN JOB’S OFF-OX having peculiar or odd notions → 1966 Amer. dial.
► OFF THE WALL bizarre, peculiar → 1937 sl., orig. US
► OFF-BRAND of a person: odd, peculiar, inferior → 1960 sl., orig. African-American
► OINDALEG peculiar, strange, odd in manner → 1897 Sc.
► OINDALIE peculiar, strange, odd in manner → 1897 Sc.
► ON OFFSIDES ► ON THE OFFSIDE of a person: odd, peculiar; irritable, touchy, easily offended → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ONDALI strange, odd, mysterious, peculiar, comical → a1838 Sc. obs.
► ONELY-SIDED doubtful, peculiar → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OONLY strange, odd, mysterious, peculiar, comical → a1838 Sc. obs.
► OZZY strange-looking, peculiar → 1950 Amer. dial.
► PARTICULAR remarkable, worthy of note, unusual; odd, strange, peculiar → 1712 Sc.
► PRECURIOUS peculiar → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SCREWY peculiar → 1993 US sl. (Bk.)
► SKEE-GEE peculiar, confused, awkward → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SKEW-GEE peculiar, confused, awkward → 1896 Amer. dial.
► SPASTIC peculiar; strange; odd → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SUNDERLY peculiar, special, private → c888 obs.
► TOBY-STRICKEN congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd → 1933 Amer. dial.
► TOBY-STRUCK congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd → 1933 Amer. dial.
► UNCO unusual, out of the ordinary; odd, strange, peculiar, weird, uncanny → 1725 Sc.


ADVERBS
► QUEER in an odd manner, in a peculiar way; very → 1916 Sc.
► SINGULARLY oddly, strangely, peculiarly → 1752 
► UNCO strangely, peculiarly → 1864 Sc.


NOUNS
► DAPS habits, ways, peculiarities → 1825 Eng. dial.
► FERLY a trifle, a slight peculiarity or eccentricity; a failing, foible → 1849 Eng. dial.
► FIDDLE-FIKE a troublesome peculiarity of conduct → 1825 Sc.
► FUNNIOSITY a comical action, remark, etc.; a joke, a witticism; also, a peculiarity, an oddity → 1871 colloq.
► IDIASM a peculiarity, mannerism ..1868
► IDIOTISM a peculiarity of action, manner, or habit → 1620 obs.
► JIGGUMBOB something strange, peculiar, or unknown; a thing → 1859 Amer. dial.
► KEERIORUM ► QUEERIORUM an object, person, or animal exhibiting some singularity, something rare, puzzling, or peculiar; an oddity → 1959 Sc.
► KEESTER a trait, whim, or peculiarity, generally bad → 1929 Sc.
► NIFF-NAFF fussiness of disposition; a silly peculiarity of temper → 19C Sc.
► ODDLING a thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way → 1941 Amer. dial.
► QUEERALITIES eccentricities, peculiarities → 20C Irish sl.
► STREAK a mental peculiarity → 1647 sl. ​
► UNCONESS strangeness, peculiarity, eccentricity → 1637 Sc.


NOUNS – PERSON
► BEZABOR a peculiar person → 1930 Amer. dial.
► CASE an unusual, queer, or peculiar person; a character → 1859 Amer. dial.
► CODGER an odd, strange, or peculiar person → 1899 Amer. dial.
► COON a peculiar old fellow → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► COVE a peculiar, eccentric person → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CRANK-POT a person who has odd or peculiar ideas → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DINGBAT an odd or peculiar person; one who is queer but harmless; an eccentric → 1879 Amer.
► DIRK a foolish, peculiar, or obnoxious person; an absent-minded or inattentive person; a jerk → 1964 US sl.
► FREEP a person who is both homosexual (‘freak’) and odd or peculiar (‘creep’) → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► FUNNY BUNNY a peculiar or ridiculous person → 1966 US sl.
► GAZABE ► GAZABO an awkward, strange, or stupid person; an odd, peculiar or loutish person → 1889 sl.
► GAZEE a stupid, loutish, or peculiar person → 1927 US sl.
► GEEZER a stingy or peculiar man; a strange old fellow → L19 colloq.
► GIMMICK a foolish, peculiar, or eccentric person; one who has been mulcted by cults, healers, fortune-tellers, or mystics → 1926 US sl.
► GINZO a peculiar or worthless fellow → 1938 US sl.
► GOOBERHEAD one who has odd or peculiar ideas or notions → 1970 Amer. dial.
► KOOK a peculiar and unpredictable person → 1993 US sl. (Bk.)
► ODDLING a person or thing peculiar or abnormal in a harmless, inoffensive way; an agreeable, even-tempered half-wit → 1941 Amer. dial.
► SPOOK a peculiar or unorthodox person; an oddball → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► THUMMART a term of contempt applied to a curious or peculiar person → 1822 Sc. obs.
► WACK a crazy, zany, irrational, peculiar, eccentric, or amusing person → 1938 sl., orig. US
► WACKER a crazy, zany, irrational, peculiar, eccentric, or amusing person → 1965 Aust. sl. 


VERBS
► IDIOTIZE to act in a way peculiar to themselves → 1716 obs.
KOOKY to be peculiar and unpredictable → 1993 US sl. (Bk.)