Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PAR-TIC'U-LAR, a. [Sp. and Port. id.; It. particolare; Fr. particulier; Low L. particularus, from particula.]

1. Pertaining to a single person or thing; not general; as, this remark has a particular application.
2. Individual; noting or designating a single thing by way of distinction. Each plant has its particular nutriment. Most persons have a particular trait of character. He alludes to a particular person.
3. Noting some property or thing peculiar. Of this prince there is little particular memory. – Bacon.
4. Attentive to things single or distinct; minute. I have been particular in examining the reasons of this law.
5. Single; not general.
6. Odd; singular; having something that eminently distinguishes one from others.
7. Singularly nice in taste; as, a man very particular in his diet or dress.
8. Special; more than ordinary. He has brought no particular news.
9. Containing a part only; as, a particular estate, precedent to the estate in remainder. – Blackstone.
10. Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. – Blackstone.