sui generis |
American Heritage Dictionary (1 definition)
- Being the only example of its kind; unique: "sui generis works like Mary Chesnut's Civil War diary” (Linda Orr).
–adjective
Century Dictionary (1 definition)
- Of his, her, its, or their own or peculiar kind; singular.
GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)
- Of his or its own kind.
WordNet (1 definition)
- Constituting a class of its own; unique.
–preposition
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/ (so͞oˈīˌ jĕnˈər-ĭs, so͞oˈē)/
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American Heritage Dictionary (1)
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Latin suī generis : suī, of its own + generis, genitive of genus, kind.
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