[f.Christian]

Main Entry: 1queer
Pronunciation: 'kwir
Function: adjective
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1508
1 a : WORTHLESS, COUNTERFEIT < queer money > b : QUESTIONABLE, SUSPICIOUS
2 a : differing in some odd way from what is usual or normal b (1) : ECCENTRIC, UNCONVENTIONAL (2) : mildly insane : TOUCHED c : absorbed or interested to an extreme or unreasonable degree : OBSESSED d usually disparaging : HOMOSEXUAL
3 : not quite well
synonym see STRANGE
- queer·ish /-ish/ adjective
- queer·ly adverb
- queer·ness noun

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