Sentence:  "Wasn't it <WSD>peculiar</WSD>," I heard mother say, "How he wouldn't talk about himself?"<br />"<WSD>Peculiar</WSD>?" said father. "Well, yes, in a way."<br />"Everything about him is <WSD>peculiar</WSD>." Mother sounded as if she was stirred up and interested. "I never saw a man quite like him before." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.