Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier,
   L. particularis. See {Particle}.]
   1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a
      part separated from the whole or from others of the class;
      separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the
      particular stars of a constellation. --Shak.

            [/Make] each particular hair to stand an end, Like
            quills upon the fretful porpentine.   --Shak.

            Seken in every halk and every herne Particular
            sciences for to lerne.                --Chaucer.

   2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing;
      belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence,
      personal; peculiar; singular. ``Thine own particular
      wrongs.'' --Shak.

            Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular
            juice out of the earth.               --Bacon.

   3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority;
      distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special;
      as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular
      belle of the party.

   4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute;
      circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account
      of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man
      particular in his dress.

   5. (Law)
      (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular
          estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
      (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
          --Blackstone.

   6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in
      extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as,
      a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g.
      (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular
      negative) Some men are not wise.

   {Particular average}. See under {Average}.

   {Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist
      denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a
      particular or individual election and reprobation.

   {Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a
      thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or
      connected with, that particular thing.

   {Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act,
      and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited
      number of the human race. See {Calvinism}.

   Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar;
        especial; exact; specific; precise; critical;
        circumstantial. See {Minute}.

Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, n.
   1. A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a
      whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or
      item, which may be considered separately; as, the
      particulars of a story.

            Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal.
                                                  --Bacon.

            It is the greatest interest of particulars to
            advance the good of the community.    --L'Estrange.

   2. Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character;
      individuality; interest, etc. [Obs.]

            For his particular I'll receive him gladly. --Shak.

            If the particulars of each person be considered.
                                                  --Milton.

            Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the
            public . . . or such as concern our particular.
                                                  --Whole Duty
                                                  of Man.

   3. (Law) One of the details or items of grounds of claim; --
      usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute
      account; as, a particular of premises.

            The reader has a particular of the books wherein
            this law was written.                 --Ayliffe.

   {Bill of particulars}. See under {Bill}.

   {In particular}, specially; peculiarly. ``This, in
      particular, happens to the lungs.'' --Blackmore.

   {To go into particulars}, to relate or describe in detail or
      minutely.

Source : WordNet®

particular
     adj 1: unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the
            particular demands of the job"; "has a paraticular
            preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of
            sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to
            Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the
            special features of a computer"; "my own special
            chair" [syn: {particular(a)}, {peculiar(a)}, {special(a)}]
     2: separate and distinct from others; "an exception in this
        particular case" [syn: {particular(a)}]
     3: separate and distinct from others of the same group or
        category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man
        who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with
        him" [syn: {particular(a)}]
     4: surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid
        especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a
        matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special
        occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's
        so special about the year 2000?" [syn: {especial(a)}, {exceptional},
         {particular(a)}, {special}]
     5: first and most important; "his special interest is music";
        "she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her
        volunteer work" [syn: {special}]
     6: exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy
        about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was
        prepared" [syn: {finical}, {finicky}, {fussy}]
     7: providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular
        description of the room" [syn: {particular(a)}]

particular
     n 1: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always
          reasons from the particular to the general" [syn: {specific}]
          [ant: {general}, {general}]
     2: a small part that can be considered separately from the
        whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: {detail}, {item}]