1. Particulier.
2. Étrange.
ETYM French excentrique, formerly also spelled eccentrique, from Late Lat. eccentros out of the center, eccentric, Greek; ex out of + kentron center. Related to Ex-, and Center, Excentral.
Not having a common center; not concentric; SYN. nonconcentric.
1. (In combination) An indefinite quantity more than that specified
2. Not divisible by two.
3. Not easily explained; peculiar or unusual
4. Of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.; SYN. unmatched, unmated, unpaired.
ETYM Latin peculiaris, from peculium private property, akin to pecunia money: cf. Old Fren. peculier. Related to Pecuniary.
1. Markedly different from the usual.
2. Characteristic of one only; distinctive or special.
ETYM Old Eng. singuler, French singulier, from Latin singularius, singularis, from singulus single. Related to Single.
1. Being a single and separate person or thing.
2. Grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit.
3. The single one of its kind; SYN. unique, exceptional.
The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton; SYN. singular form.
In grammar, the form of a word that refers to one thing or person. It is one of two categories of number, the other being plural. One oddity of the English language is that some nouns have only a singular form, but that form is expressed in an apparently plural manner, for example physics, news, rabies.