adj. & n.
--adj.
1. relating to or considered as one thing or person as distinct from others; individual (in this particular instance).
2 more than is usual; special, noteworthy (took particular trouble).
3 scrupulously exact; fastidious.
4 detailed (a full and particular account).
5 Logic (of a proposition) in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class (opp. UNIVERSAL).
--n.
1. a detail; an item.
2 (in pl.) points of information; a detailed account.
Phrases and idioms:
in particular especially, specifically.
Etymology: ME f. OF particuler f. L particularis (as PARTICLE)