Middle English Dictionary Entry
pecūliār adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | pecūliār adj. Also peculier. |
| Etymology | L pecūliāris; also OF peculiaire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Belonging to a person, personal; (b) special, particular.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)130 : Necessarie it is þat the kynge haue grete possescions, and peculier livelod ffor his owne suirte.
b
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)312 : Neither bi eny sufficient euydence of Holi Scripture or of other special and peculiar sure weel tried reuelacioun..resoun can deme and iuge that this seid pouerte was and is..a comandement to alle Cristene.