[par.tic.u.lar] adj [ME particuler, fr. MF, fr. LL particularis, fr. L particula small part] (14c) 1: of, relating to, or being a single person or thing "the ~ person I had in mind"
2. obs: partial
3: of, relating to, or concerned with details "gave us a very ~ account of the trip"
4. a: distinctive among other examples or cases of the same general category: notably unusual "suffered from measles of ~ severity" b: being one unit or element among others "~ incidents in a story"
5. a: denoting an individual member or subclass in logic b: affirming or denying a predicate to a part of the subject--used of a proposition in logic ""some men are wise" is a ~ affirmative"
6. a: concerned over or attentive to details: meticulous "a very ~ gardener" b: nice in taste: fastidious c: hard to please: exacting syn see circumstantial, special
[2]particular n (15c) 1 archaic: a separate part of a whole
2. a: an individual fact, point, circumstance, or detail b: a specific item or detail of information or news "bill of ~s" 3 a: an individual or a specific subclass (as in logic) falling under some general concept or term b: a particular proposition in logic syn see item -- in particular : in distinction from others: specifically