particular

English

/pɚˈtɪkjəlɚ/, /pəˈtɪkjələ/, /pəˈtɪkjəlɚ/

adj
Definitions
  • (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
  • Specific; discrete; concrete.
  • Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
  • (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
  • Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
  • (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.
  • Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
  • (law) Containing a part only; limited.
  • (legal) Holding a particular estate.
  • (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

Etymology

Borrowed from particuler borrowed from Middle French particuler derived from Latin particularis, particula (particle, small part, part) suffix from English particle.

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particle

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