speciality

[ spesh-ee-al-i-tee ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

, plural spe·ci·al·i·ties.

1. specialty.

speciality

/ ˌspɛʃɪˈælɪtɪ /

noun

1. a special interest or skill
2. 1. a service or product specialized in, as at a restaurant

      roast beef was a speciality of the house

   2. ( as modifier )

      a speciality dish

3. a special or distinguishing feature or characteristic

Word History and Origins

Origin of speciality¹

1400–50; late Middle English specialite < Late Latin speciālitās; specialty

Example Sentences

The only speciality tool required was a T50 Torx bit for two of the seatbelt mounts.

From Outside Online

Most commonly recommended for children, this can be consumed by drinking a speciality formula prepared by a doctor, or administered via a feeding tube inserted through the patient’s nose and into the stomach.

From Time

Choosing a city like Houston to focus on the energy sector, “makes sense and is a smart way” to “expand your market by a speciality,” and find areas of coverage that differentiate the FT from other publications covering that sector as well.

From Digiday

The company, which has a 20-year history, said Fund V was “substantially oversubscribed” and will focus on the funds main specialities in software, fintech, marketplaces and the consumer internet.

From TechCrunch

Bring on all the speciality desserts, tasty quiches, and perfectly grilled steak.

From Popular-Science

The DoD order requires services to develop "gender-neutral" standards for each speciality.

From The Daily Beast

The house speciality is a shot-ski—a wooden ski holding a dozen shot glasses.

From The Daily Beast

The speciality was mutton tagine, softly braised in the tagine pot with peas, vegetables, and spices.

From The Daily Beast

Thus the scale of sorrow from sad melancholy to painful suffering became the speciality of the Dsseldorf school.

From Project Gutenberg

She had a speciality for making coffee, and really it was quite drinkable.

From Project Gutenberg

Never before in the annals of that great school had a Speciality been known to tell a story of another girl.

From Project Gutenberg

Later, his speciality was the taking off of foreigners—a sorry means of inciting to laughter for a man of intellect.

From Project Gutenberg

On the morning of that day Fanny made another effort to induce Betty to renounce the idea of becoming a Speciality.

From Project Gutenberg

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