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5 words match “SINGULARITY”

SINGULARITY n. 4 definitions
which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity. Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn. Sir. W. Raleigh. I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument. Addison.
ODDITY n.
The quality or state of being odd; singularity; queerness; peculiarity; as, oddity of dress, manners, and the like. That infinitude of oddities in him. Sterne.
ODDNESS n.
Singularity; strangeness; eccentricity; irregularity; uncouthness; as, the oddness of dress or shape; the oddness of an event. Young.
PECULIARITY n.
The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. Swift.
SINGULARIST n.
One who affects singularity. [Obs.] A clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage. Borrow.