sui generis

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  1. adjective Being the only example of its kind; unique: "sui generis works like Mary Chesnut's Civil War diary” (Linda Orr).

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Words tagged sui generis

sui generis · whole cloth

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  1. Latin suī generis : suī, of its own + generis, genitive of genus, kind.

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  1. Latin: sui, genitive of suus, his, her, its, their; generis, genitive of genus, kind: see genus.
 

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/ˈsjuˈɪ dʒɛnərɪs/
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