QUEER, QUEERLY, QUEERNESS
ADJECTIVES
► AWVISH ► AYVISH comical, queer → 1740 Eng. dial.
► CHELSEA PIER queer, odd → 2003 UK rhyming sl.
► CRANKY queer, crotchety → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DILLY queer, cranky → 1873 Eng. dial.
► HANDY odd; eccentric, queer, homosexual → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► NOTIONABLE of people: queer, odd, strange, peculiar → 1967 Amer. dial.
► QUARE odd, eccentric, queer → M19 Irish sl.
► QUEER-FAR’D having a queer countenance or queer features → 1805 Eng. dial.
► QUEERISOME odd, strange, queer, fey → 1900 Amer. dial.
► QUEERLY queer, odd; slightly demented → 1870 Eng. dial.
► QUEERSOME rather queer, odd, strange → 1848 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► QUEERY strange, odd, queer, different → 1860 Amer. dial.
► QUISTICAL odd, queer, fantastic, eccentric → 1822 Sc.
► RUMGUMPTIOUS queer, odd, eccentric → 19C Eng. dial.
► TOBY-STRICKEN congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd → 1933 Amer. dial.
► TOBY-STRUCK congenitally malformed or peculiar, queer, odd → 1933 Amer. dial.
► UNDALI strange, queer → 1908 Sc.
► UNPOSSIBLE droll, mischievous, queer → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WADDY queer; mean → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
► AWVISHLY stupidly, queerly → 1746 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► KEERIOUSNESS strangeness, queerness → 1871 Sc.
► QUEERITY queerness, oddity → 1711
► QUEERY ► QUERY a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing, an oddity → 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► QUOZ a queer or absurd person or thing → 1790 obs.
► SECTION 37 in logging: something queer or unusual → 1958 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLOSSOM an odd figure, a queer character; an extremely dirty person or thing → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CASE an unusual, queer, or peculiar person; a character; a disreputable person; a difficult fellow → 1859 Amer. dial.
► DINGBAT an odd or peculiar person; one who is queer but harmless; an eccentric → 1879 Amer.
► DODO a dull, stupid person; a queer, awkward, or disagreeable person → 1924 Amer. dial.
► GEEZER an odd, unusual, strange, or queer character; a strangely-acting person; a blockhead → 1890
► GIG a queer-looking person, an odd person → 1777
► ODDBALL an eccentric, queer, or odd person; an intensely introverted person; a nonconformist → 1940s
► PRUNE a queer person → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► QUIST a queer fellow → 1853 Eng. dial.
► QUOZ a queer or absurd person or thing → 1790 obs.
► THRAWN-STICK a queer, obstinate person → 1893 Sc.
► TIKE ► TYKE an overgrown man or beast; an awkward, clumsy fellow; an odd, queer or eccentric person; a cantankerous person → 1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
VERBS
► QUEER to put to confusion; to make or cause to feel queer; to cause to go wrong → 1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.