Category:Particularity

Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty, n.; pl. Particularities. Etym: [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, particularities and petty Sounds to cease! Shak