The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
particularities
plural of particularity
Source: Wiktionary
Par*tic`u*lar"i*ty, n.; pl. Particularities. Etym: [Cf. F. particularité.]
1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.
2. That which is particular; as: (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. "An old heathen altar with this particularity." Addison. (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. "Even descending to particularities." Sir P. Sidney. (c) Something of special or private concern or interest. Let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease! Shak .
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.