QUIRK, QUIRKY
ADJECTIVES
► QUIDDATIVE full of equivocations, quirky → 1642
► QUIDDITATIVE full of equivocations; quirky → 1611 obs.
► QUIRKSOME quirky; full of quirks or shifts; tricky → 1896
NOUNS
► QUIDDIT a subtlety or captious nicety in argument; a quirk, a quibble → 1592 now arch.
► QUIDDITY a subtlety or captious nicety in argument; a quirk, a quibble → 1539
► QUILLET a verbal nicety or subtle distinction; a quirk, a quibble → 1588
► QUILLETY ► QUILLITY a quirk, a quibble → 1573 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► LITTLE OLD LADY IN TENNIS SHOES used as a stereotype of an energetic, quirky old woman → 1984 US sl.
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