Definitions

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  • adjective Rather queer; somewhat singular.

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  • adjective Somewhat queer.

Etymologies

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queer +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • But one day, while in one of his 'queerish' states, he called for me, and I saw him, and was unspeakably scared.

    Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • She had a look with her which always made me feel a little queerish, God forgive me for saying so.

    The Monk 2004

  • But one day, while in one of his “queerish” states, he called for me, and I saw him, and was unspeakably scared.

    Uncle Silas 2003

  • “The Governor is queerish this evening,” said Milly, when we were seated at our tea.

    Uncle Silas 2003

  • Where's the queerish Quidbox Quixote Quicksight quiz'd?

    Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation Anonymous

  • We reached, to my great joy, Portland Roads on the third day, where, as I found myself rather queerish on board the sloop, I salaamed the skipper of her, and mounted a horse, which they assured me was quiet enough to carry the parson.

    A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

  • Brunow was a queerish sort of study, and I honestly believe that half the harm he did sprang out of the only little bit of good I was ever able to discover in him.

    In Direst Peril David Christie Murray

  • This happy event gave his majesty leisure to turn his attention to Scotland, where things, through the intervention of William Wallace, were looking rather queerish.

    Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers Various

  • I was feelin 'akinda queerish when I startit; but I thocht it was juist the hurry, an' that a breath o 'the caller air wud mak' me a 'richt.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • Willingham for the waltz next after supper, and I felt queerish again, till she willingly agreed to dance the next set with me, on condition that I would oblige her so far as to ask a friend of hers to be my partner in the mean time.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various

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