Found 1 hit - Term: queerer, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
queer \queer\ kw=er, a. compar. queerer kw=er"~er;
superl. queerest. g. quer cross, oblique, athwart cf.
querkopf a queer fellow, ohg. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to
d. dvars, as, thornweorh thwart, bent, twisted, icel.
thornverr thwart, transverse, goth. thornwa`irhs angry,
and perh. to l. torqyere to twist, and e. through. cf.
torture, through, thwart, a.
1. at variance with what is usual or normal; differing in
some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular;
strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. " a queer
look." --w. irving.
1913 webster
2. mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer
transaction. colloq.
1913 webster
3. homosexual. disparaging and offensive
pjc
see also:
queerer queerest ohg torture through thwart
Results 1 - 1 of 1 found about queerer: Queerer
>> Q Words
Queerer, definition of term: Queerer
queerer_pag1.html
Last accessed:2008/07/25 10:00:22 [Total processing time: 0 seconds] |