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