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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Particularity \Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Particularities}. [Cf. F. particularit[82].] 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. [bd]An old heathen altar with this particularity.[b8] --Addison. (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. [bd]Even descending to particularities.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. (c) Something of special or private concern or interest. Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease! --Shak. | |
