speciality
Americannoun
plural
specialitiesnoun
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a special interest or skill
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a service or product specialized in, as at a restaurant
roast beef was a speciality of the house
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( as modifier )
a speciality dish
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a special or distinguishing feature or characteristic
Etymology
Origin of speciality
1400–50; late Middle English specialite < Late Latin speciālitās; see specialty
Vocabulary lists containing speciality
Example Sentences
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Viatris Speciality LLC. voluntarily initiated the recall on its product late last month, according to FDA officials.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
A winding up petition has been issued against Speciality Steel UK Limited, a division of Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty Steel, according to court records.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2022
Produced in Normandy, France, and recently judged the Best Speciality Calvados in the world, Avallen means "apple tree" in Old Cornish.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2021
In 1955, he auditioned for a Los Angeles-based label, Speciality Records.
From BBC • May 9, 2020
To each girl who became a Speciality I immediately granted certain privileges, knowing well that no girl would be lightly admitted to a club with so high an aim and so noble a standard.
From Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School by Meade, L. T.
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