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Webster 1913 Edition
Particularity
Par-ticˊu-lar′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Particularities
(#)
. [Cf. F.
particularité
.] 1.
The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.
2.
That which is particular
; as: (a)
Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity.
“An old heathen altar with this particularity.” Addison.
(b)
Special circumstance; minute detail; particular.
“Even descending to particularities.” Sir P. Sidney.
(c)
Something of special or private concern or interest.
Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
To cease!
Particularities
and petty soundsTo cease!
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Particularity
PARTICULAR'ITY
,Noun.
--Even descending to particularities, what kingdoms he should overcome.
1.
Singleness; individuality; single act; single case.2.
Petty account; minute incident. To see the titles that were most agreeable to such an emperor--with the like particularities--
3.
Something belonging to single persons.4.
Something peculiar or singular. I saw an old heathen altar with this particularity,that it was hollowed like a dish at one end, but not the end on which the sacrifice was laid.
5.
Minuteness in detail. He related the story with great particularity.Definition 2024
particularity
particularity
English
Noun
particularity (countable and uncountable, plural particularities)
- (uncountable) The condition of being particular; attention to detail; fastidiousness
- (countable) A particular thing; a peculiarity