singular
adjective/ˈsɪŋɡjələ(r)/
/ˈsɪŋɡjələr/
- (grammar) connected with or having the singular form
- a singular noun/verb/ending
- (formal) very great or obvious synonym outstanding
- landscape of singular beauty
- He shows a singular lack of concern for other people’s feelings.
- (literary) unusual; strange synonym eccentric
- a singular style of dress
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘solitary, single’, also ‘beyond the average’): from Old French singuler, from Latin singularis, from singulus, related to simplus ‘simple’.
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